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Ruben Spaargaren Tennis on Wheels
Pictures 2015
A selection of pictures of my activities in 2015.
 ABN AMRO 09-02-2015 01Signing of sponsor contract with ABN AMRO bank. Picture (c) Henk Koster |  ABN AMRO 09-02-2015 02Meet en greet with Andy Murray. Picture(c) Henk Koster |  ABN AMRO 09-02-2015 03Also some action, a.o. together with Maikel Scheffers. Picture (c) Henk Koster |
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 Noordeljk Open Meppel 2015 1The first Dutch ranking tournament of 2015. Ruben's first time participation in the main draw. One win in a round robin of 3 matches. |  Noordeljk Open Meppel 2015 2In the men's double playing together with fellow Dutchman Sven Jonker. |  Noordeljk Open Meppel 2015 3Besides the focus on the matches, also room for some fun. |
 Noordeljk Open Meppel 2015 4The matches in the men's doubles continued to the finals. |  Noordeljk Open Meppel 2015 5Men's final main draw concluded as winners of the tournament. |  Wildenhorst Toernooi 2015Main draw in both singles and doubles. Despite of the good level during the match, both first matches lost. |
 Privé trainingenBesides the group lessons with the Dutch Junior selection, Ruben started private tennis practices provided by former coach of the Dutch Wheelchair Tennis Selection, Marc Kalkman. |  Paralympic Talent Camp 2015Ruben is geselecteerd om in de mei vakantie deel te nemen aan het Paralympic Talent Camp dat door het NOC-NSF en ABN AMRO werd georganiseerd. Aan het eind van de trainingsweek werd Ruben gekozen tot talent van de week. |  WTC 2015 - 1Together with 2 fellow Dutch juniors, Ruben participated in the World Team Cup Tournament held in Antalya, Turkey. A succesful week. |
 WTC 2015 - 2With coach Robin Ammerlaan at their side, the boys werd won match after match. In the finals they met team USA, and after a tough battle finally lost the match. A well deserved silver medal. |  Welzorg Wheelchair Challenger 2015-1Ruben's first appearance in an ITF tournament. In the men's single, Ruben reached the second round in which he lost from his double partner Carlos Anker, but not after an unexpected tough battle. |  Welzorg Wheelchair Challenger 2015-2Teaming up with Carlos Anker was succesful.The team reached the finals and even became the winners of the tournament. A good start of more tournaments to come later that year. |
 Westende TournamentA well played tournament. Winner in the junior draw and second in the men's doubles. Men's single ended in the first round. |  Belgian open 1Still relaxed waiting for the draws. But first round showed a tough match against the world's no. 8. |  Belgian Open 2First time against Maikel Scheffers. For now, way out of his league. |
 Belgian Open 3In the men's double together with Carlos Anker again playing against Maikel who temed up with Alfie Hewett. Lost the match, but played very well with even some games won. |  Belgian Open 4Competing in the junior tournament was a lot easier. Relaxed after a succesful match. |  Belgian Open 5Second time this summer winner of a junior tournament. |
 Afsluiting toernooien BelgiëUncle Mark traveled with me during the tournaments in Westende and the Belgian Open. Without his support I could not have done this. After two wins in junior tournaments it was time to finalize the trip with a good steak for dinner. |  Record4Rio promoRuben, Jiske, Maikel and Diede will try to beat an old record. 26 hours of continuously playing wheelchair tennis to raise funding for Fonds Gehandicaptensport. A part of the raised money will be to support their journey realizing their Paralympic dreams. |  Record4Rio resultaatAn amazing result. After 26 hours of wheelchair tennis Ruben, Jiske, Diede and Maikel present the intermediate result of the sponsor action. |
 Dutch Junior Champion 2015A beautiful end of the year. Junior Champion during the Dutch Championships held in Rotterdam. |  Huldiging bij Tennis SolutionSix Dutch Champions train with Tennis Solution in Zevenaar. Time to party. During a demonstration tournament the champions were presented to the public. |
Video's 2015
You can find Ruben on Youtube following one of the links below.
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