{"id":21271,"date":"2026-02-27T13:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/?p=21271"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:07:06","slug":"finalist-bergs-follows-fellow-countrywoman-mertens-to-the-libema-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/27\/finalist-bergs-follows-fellow-countrywoman-mertens-to-the-libema-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalist Bergs follows fellow countrywoman Mertens to the Lib\u00e9ma Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will there be Belgian finals again at the Lib\u00e9ma Open this summer?<\/p><p>After the announcement that Elise\u202fMertens will defend her WTA title this year her compatriot Zizou\u202fBergs has also confirmed his participation at the Autotron \u2019s\u2011Hertogenbosch.<\/p><p>Bergs played in last year\u2019s ATP final of the Lib\u00e9ma Open in front of many Belgian fans in the stands. The 26\u2011year\u2011old player from Lommel is a true crowd\u2011pleaser and regularly receives applause for his game. \u201cWe\u2019ll make it a party again,\u201d said the likable Belgian.<\/p><p>Last season Bergs reached two ATP Tour finals (the Lib\u00e9ma Open and Auckland). He is still waiting for his first tournament victory.<\/p><p>Last year he had to bow out to Gabriel\u202fDiallo after a thrilling final match. A year earlier, future tournament winner Alex\u202fde\u202fMinaur beat him on the Brabant grass courts.<\/p><p>Bergs is steadily climbing the world rankings. Since breaking into the top\u202f100 two years ago, his position has risen each year, and he now sits comfortably among the world\u2019s top\u202f50 players, with a career\u2011high ranking of\u202f39.<\/p><p>More players will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will there be Belgian finals again at the Lib\u00e9ma Open this summer?After the announcement that Elise\u202fMertens will defend her WTA title this year her compatriot Zizou\u202fBergs has also confirmed his participation at the Autotron \u2019s\u2011Hertogenbosch.Bergs played in last year\u2019s ATP final of the Lib\u00e9ma Open in front of many Belgian fans in the stands. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21271\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=21271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21271\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21274,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21271\/revisions\/21274\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21266\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=21271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=21271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libema-open.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=21271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}