Due to the Corona pandemic Lib\u00e9ma Open 2020 was postponed to 5-13 June 2021. This week, the week the tournament would have taken place at the beautiful grass courts of the Autotron \u2018s-Hertogenbosch, we look back at some of the players\u2019 greatest, funniest, most emotional and most successful moments during the tournament.<\/p>
This time we talk to twofold champion Richard Krajicek.<\/p>
In 1994 Richard Krajicek became the first Dutch winner in \u2019s-Hertogenbosch. Three years later he repeated this result.<\/p>
Krajicek says that by achieving his first victory on home soil he brook through a barrier. From that moment on he knew he was able to play on top level in front of a home crowd. A year later he was also the best player at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, of which he became the tournament director after his sporting career.<\/p>
After the 1997 final Krajicek flew to London by helicopter, because he had to traditionally open centre court at Wimbledon as the title defender.<\/p>
It was an emotional moment for Krajicek when he returned to the Brabant grass courts in 2002 after 20 months full of injuries to play against Roger Federer.<\/p>
A year later he played his last match. You can see in this video interview what that meant to him.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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