Tom Egberink (born 22 December 1992) is a Dutch
wheelchair tennis
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player. Egberink is a
major
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champion, having won the
2012 Wimbledon Championships
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in doubles,
and a two-time
Paralympic
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medalist, with a silver and bronze from
singles
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and
doubles, respectively, at the
2020 Tokyo Paralympics
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.
Match highlights
On the
2012 Wimbledon Championships
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he was playing doubles with
Michaël Jérémiasz
Michaël Jérémiasz (born 15 October 1981, in Paris) is a French former professional wheelchair tennis player. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and has completed the career Super Slam in doubles. ...
of France against two-time Wimbledon champions
Robin Ammerlaan
Robin Ammerlaan (born 26 February 1968 in The Hague) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Ammerlaan is a 14-time major champion and two-time Paralympic gold medalist. The righ ...
and
Ronald Vink
Ronald Vink (born April 21, 1976) is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles.
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both of which were from the Netherlands as well. The match started with a 5–2 lead which ended with 6–4 due to the opponents constant errors. The second set brought even more victory for Egberink and Jeremiasz with the score of 2–1. Unfortunately, the rain got in a way when they were 40–0 in the fourth game. After the game resumed an hour later Egberink and Jeremiasz won the first point but the opponents got the point next as well. In the second set the Dutch duo was unable to control
forehand
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s resulting in 6–2 win for Tom and Michael in the second set.
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1992 births
Living people
Dutch male tennis players
Wheelchair tennis players
Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the Netherlands
Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
People from Hardenberg
Sportspeople from Overijssel
21st-century Dutch people
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