Botic van de Zandschulp reached the second round of the Munich tournament on dirt on Wednesday without too many problems. The Dutch tennis player was too strong for American Brandon Nakashima in the first round in straight sets: 7-6 (3) and 6-3.
Van de Zandschulp, 26, and Nakashima, six years younger, drew in the opening set. The Dutch lost again, despite an immediate break from the number 76 in the world. In the tiebreak, he eventually distanced himself from the American by winning 7-3 after the game.
In the second set there was no action against Van de Zandschulp. De Veenendaler initially fell behind at a time-out, but immediately swept and then broke Nakashima three times. The American narrowly escaped a break in which Van de Zandschulp won 6-3. In the next round he will meet Belarusian Egor Gerasimovde.
Van de Zandschulp is preparing on the gravel in Munich for Roland Garros, which will start on May 22. As number forty in the world, he is sure of a place in the main tournament. Last year he qualified for the second round of the qualifications of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. There he lost to quarterfinalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Gravel is one of Van de Zandschulp’s favorite surfaces. Earlier this month, he reached the clay-court quarter-finals of the Marrakech tournament. Two weeks ago, however, he was eliminated in the first round of the Monte Carlo clay tournament. He then withdrew from the Barcelona ATP tournament because he felt unfit.
Source: NU
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