Biggest ATP Tour upset since? Tim van Rijthoven stuns world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev to win Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

There’s shock winners, and then there’s shock winners. Tim Van Rijthoven definitely falls into the latter. Ad/> Consider this: Van Rijthoven had only played in the main draw of one previous ATP Tour tournament before getting a wild card for the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

He’d never won a title at second-tier ATP Challenger level and hadn’t won an ATP Tour match before the start of the week. He was also ranked No. 205 in the world.

WimbledonWimbledon power rankings: Who will rule on the grass?08/06/2022 AT 07:33 Van Rijthoven, 24, said on Sunday his hope for the tournament was to “maybe upset one player”. He was speaking after sweeping past soon-to-be world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in the final in just 65 minutes to cap a dream week.

He finished with wins over the third seed Taylor Fritz, second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, and the top seed Medvedev. He is the lowest-ranked man to win an ATP Tour title in over a year. Murray suffers hip injury in Stuttgart Open final loss Organisers investigating Kyrgios racism claim “To win an ATP Tour title means a lot to me, but to win it at home means the world to me,” he told the ATP Tour afterwards.

“The support has been incredible here. The crowd has been amazing and it is a great achievement for me. I never thought I would win the tournament.

I wanted to maybe upset one player. But to upset a couple of players and win the title is just incredible.” On a tour where the gap between the very best and the rest is large, surprise winners do not come around that often, especially in events featuring three top-15 players. But although Van Rijthoven was a surprise champion, he was undoubtedly a deserving champion.