Van De Zandschulp Reaches US Open Quarter-Finals for Second Time - DutchNews.nl
Botic van de Zandschulp saved a match point and won a five-hour, 13-minute marathon to reach his first quarterfinal since 2021.
- On Monday, Botic van de Zandschulp rallied from two sets down to beat Arthur Gea, securing a spot in the US Open quarterfinals after a five-hour marathon.
- The Dutch veteran denied 21-year-old Gea a slice of Grand Slam history, ending the run of the 'lucky loser' who entered the draw after Casper Ruud withdrew with injury.
- Saving a match point in the third set, Zandschulp sealed the five-hour, 15-minute marathon that nearly matched the longest Open record set by Dan Evans in 2024.
- Zandschulp has a history of upsets at the Open, having stunned then-third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets in 2024; he called this quarterfinal return 'probably even better.'
- After enduring 'tough years,' the 30-year-old is finding his form again this year, though he admitted the achievement hasn't 'really sunk in yet' but will feel great tomorrow.
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The Dutch tennis player Botic van de Zandschulp, the last Dutch athlete in the U.S. Open, reached the competition’s quarterfinals for the second time in his career in the early hours of Tuesday in New York. That happened after the 30-year-old Dutchman completed a hard-fought five-set comeback against the French player Arthur Gea. He will now face German player Alexander Zverev, who is ranked number 2 in the world, in the quarterfinals.
After leading two sets to nothing, the last Frenchman competing at the US Open Arthur Gea was overthrown Monday night in the eighth of the final.
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