Emotive moment in the Miami Open: he won his first victory against a Top 10 and broke into tears when he remembered his grandfather
Zizou Bergsthe best racket that Belgium’s tennis has today, gave one of Miami Open 2025’s great batacazos. Who today occupies the 51st position of the ATP world ranking, He defeated runs (7-5 and 6-4) to Russian Andrey Rublev and qualified for the third round of the American 1000 Masters. However, at the end of the meeting, The Belgian broke into tears when he remembered his grandfather, who died two years ago.
While the European tennis player was playing the 2023 edition of Miami Open, He received the sad news of his grandfather’s death. After losing in the debut against Thanasi Kokkinakis in a match that was defined in the third set, which won the Australian by 9-7, He learned what happened in the locker room, where he could not contain sadness.
Two years after that moment, Bergs won his first triumph against a Top 10 tennis player And he didn’t want to forget one of the most important people in his life. “Honestly, I don’t know what to say! It is a very emotional day for me. My grandfather died two years ago, when I played against Kokkinakis here. I lost 7-6 in the third set. Today … winning against a Top 10 is simply incredible” He expressed with tears in his eyes and full of emotion.
When Zizou became champion of the Challenger of Tallahassee (2023, just a month after his grandfather’s loss), he dedicated some emotional words: “In each game I made a complete analysis of what happened and gave me ideas to work. I really expected him to continue doing it in a different way, and certainly did it that week; I won with him. It was very emotional and special.”
After the first batacazo of his career, Bergs will play for the first time in his life a third round of 1000 Masters. The best present player in Belgium will now be before the great chance to get in the round of 16. However, before he will have a hard rival: Matteo Berrettini. And in case of winning, two heavyweights: Alex de Miñaur or Joao Fonseca.
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