Igor Sijsling is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
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12 Facts About Igor Sijsling
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Igor Sijsling grew up in Amsterdam, where his Serbian mother tried to instill her love of sports in her son.
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Igor Sijsling played all kinds of sports as a young child, street football, basketball, and tennis.
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Igor Sijsling started playing tennis at the age of five with his parents, studying at the Amstelpark tennis school.
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Igor Sijsling won the Dutch under-18 championship twice and was runner-up at the European under-18 championships in Switzerland.
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Igor Sijsling received his diploma from the Vossius Gymnasium and began to play on the Futures and Challenger tours in 2006.
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Igor Sijsling reached the second round in Moscow and Paris-Bercy, falling to Andreas Seppi and Janko Tipsarevic, respectively.
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Igor Sijsling reached the quarterfinals in Moscow, partnered with Roberto Bautista Agut.
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In Rotterdam, Igor Sijsling beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round for his first top-10 victory.
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At Wimbledon, Sijsling had his best showing in the singles tournament of a Grand Slam event by reaching the third round, beating seeded player Grigor Dimitrov in the process.
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Igor Sijsling prepared for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season with two warm-up tournaments, in Brisbane, where he lost in the first round to Nicolas Mahut, followed by the Heineken Open, where he again lost in the first round, this time to eventual finalist Lu Yen-hsun.
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Igor Sijsling beat Kavcic in the first round, but lost to Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov in the second.
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