MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAú

March 26, 2024

Diede De Groot

Flash Quotes

D. De GROOT/M. Phelps

6-1, 6-0

Q. Congratulations on winning your first match. Can you just talk about your experience of the first Miami Open wheelchair invitational and how you're feeling?

DIEDE De GROOT: It feels really great to be on court here, getting the invitational started. Mainly just so happy about the opportunity to play here and to really have a chance to maybe give wheelchair tennis a push into the right direction once more. Let's see if we can grow towards next year.

Q. Do you think this is a positive step in the right direction to get more 1000 series wheelchair events as well?

DIEDE De GROOT: Yeah, I think there has been such a growth in the, let's say, like, the willingness for these big tournaments to have wheelchair tennis added to their tournament, so I'm really happy that this is -- it feels like a little bit of a start where hopefully many other tournaments will follow.