<p>Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven has taken a long, slow and agonising road to the last 16 at Wimbledon, which has included the best part of three years lost to injury.&nbsp;</p>
<p>On Friday, however, the 25-year-old buried all the painful memories as his dream Grand Slam debut continued with a straight-sets win over Nikoloz Basilashvili.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ranked outside the top 250 at the start of the year, Van Rijthoven won the &lsquo;s-Hertogenbosch grass-court title last month, defeating world number one Daniil Medvedev in the final.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was his ATP main draw debut and that stunning success opened the door for the All England Club to award him a Wimbledon wild card. It&rsquo;s a scenario that would have appeared a distant dream over the past seven years.</p>
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On Friday, however, the 25-year-old buried all the painful memories as his dream Grand Slam debut continued with a straight-sets win over Nikoloz Basilashvili

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