Toyota Open International de ‘Ile de Re

From 21 to 25 June I participated in an ITF 2 tournament in Ile de RĂ©, France. In the first round I played against the Chinese Jinlian Huang. I won this match after an exciting three-setter with 6-4 1-6 6-2. After this I played in the quarterfinals against Aniek van...

I played my first Super Series tournament

From 13 to 18 June I played a Super Series tournament in Nice, France. In the first round I played against the French Emmanuelle Morch. After an exciting game I managed to win 6-4 2-6 6-3. Then I won the second round against Shiori Funamizu 6-2 6-1. This allowed me to...

Open International de Royan

From May 30th to June 3rd I played an ITF 1 tournament in Royan, France. The first round I played against Angelica Bernal. I won this match 6-4 6-4. This meant that I faced Momoko Ohtani, number 4 on the ITF singles ranking, in the quarterfinals. I lost 5-7 1-6, but I...

XI Torneo Fundacion Emilio Sanchez Vicario

From 17 to 21 May I participated in an ITF 2 tournament in Madrid, Spain. In the first round I played against Ju-Youn Park, I won this match 6-3 6-1. Because of this I was in the quarterfinals against Kgothatso Montjane, number 9 on the ITF singles ranking. After an...

World champions

This year I was invited to participate for the first time in the World Team Cup in the Dutch women’s team. The World Team Cup is the world championships for national teams. When meeting a country you play 2 singles and 1 doubles. I was in a team with Diede de...

Six titles in Turkey

This month I played three more tournaments in Turkey. I got the most out of this, winning both singles and doubles in all three tournaments. Which means I got to take home 6 prizes in total.  From 14 to 17 April I participated in the Demirci Akincilari Open. My...

I won my first ITF 3 title!

From March 29 to April 1, I played an ITF 3 tournament in Turkey. On the first match day we had bizarre weather conditions, it was very windy and that doesn’t make playing tennis any easier. But despite the wind I played a good game and won my first round 6-3...

Bolton Indoor ITF 2

From 22 to 26 February I played a tournament in Bolton, England. I had a good start to the tournament with a 6-0 6-0 win in the first round. Then I played against Zixi Ma in the second round, I won this match 6-2 6-2. In the quarterfinals my opponent was too strong...

ABN AMRO Open 2023

The year got off to a good start with my participation in the ABN AMRO Open, from 15 to 19 February in Ahoy Rotterdam. This was the first year that a women’s wheelchair tennis tournament also took place during this major event. In the first round I played...

I played my first final at an ITF1 tournament

In July, I played two back to back tournaments in Belgium. The first tournament was Flanders 25 (ITF3) in Leuven. After a rainy start of the tournament I won my first singles match 6-0 6-2 against the Belgian player Els Verhoeven. This meant that I would play the...