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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
Except Van de Zandschulp. Never heard of that dude at all.
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He's not been setting the tour on fire or anything, but he played in the main draw of the other three grand slams this year, even winning his first round matches in Paris and London, after he reached the quarterfinals of a 250 warmup event in Australia early in the year.
But despite his rather irregular name, I suppose it's easy to overlook a player who's decided to add experience and points at the challenger level for most of his breakthrough year. Given the COVID-19 rankings rules, it's a lot harder to climb the rankings and regularly participate in the 250 level tournaments, which forces the upcomers to hang around on the challenger tour a little bit longer. Which is now no longer required for Botic van de Zandschulp, given that his results in New York will skyrocket him into the top100 for the next 12 months.