US Open: Mika Stojsavljevic turns into US Open junior champion.on the age of 15 | Tennis Information
Teenager Mika Stojsavljevic ensured there was British success on the US Open as she grew to become the junior champion.
The Londoner beat Wakana Sonobe 6-4 6-4 to develop into the primary Briton to win the ladies’ event in New York since Heather Watson in 2009.
Stojsavljevic adopted up her spectacular semi-final show, the place she ousted Iva Jovic – the 16-year-old American who made it to the second spherical of the primary girls’s draw – with one other assured efficiency.
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Stojsavljevic was in jubilant temper within the Sky Sports activities studio after her win
It got here 24 hours after Jack Draper’s semi-final defeat within the males’s draw and exhibits the way forward for British tennis is trying vibrant.
Whereas Stojsavljevic claimed glory, Mingge Xu was a crushed semi-finalist as was Charlie Robertson within the boys’ event.
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- Korea Open – WTA 500 (16 -22 September – with Emma Raducanu in motion)
- Thailand Open – WTA 250 (16 -22 September)
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