Tim Van Rijthoven stuns Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-1 in the final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday after playing a terrific match to win his maiden career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. This is the first time that Van Rijthoven conquered this tournament. He has never played in this tournament so far.
Highlights Tim Van Rijthoven vs. Daniil Medvedev Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Dutch scored 60 points vs. Medvedev’s 35.
Van Rijthoven
The Dutch served pretty well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (7/11) on his second serve. Van Rijthoven won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Medvedev
On the other side, Medvedev was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Van Rijthoven and Medvedev is 1-0 for Tim.
This was the 1st career title for Tim. (see list of titles and finals). Medvedev remains with 13th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Van Rijthoven took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Van Rijthoven to win the set since Medvedev managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Dutch kept his cool to break Medvedev in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Dutch missed the chance to break the Russian in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Van Rijthoven converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Medvedev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd
game (0-2 0-40 and 15-40).They played 54 points. Van Rijthoven was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Daniil (31-23). Tim surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Van Rijthoven didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Tim reinforced his lead after breaking Medvedev in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when the Dutch won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Tim converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Van Rijthoven was the winner of the set after clinching 17 points more than Daniil (29-12). Van Rijthoven was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).