American Australian Open: Horacio Zeballos is already in the semifinals of the doubles and achieved another historic achievement”>Bruno Kuzuhara (N.1) won the boys’ junior tournament by beating Czech Jakub Mensik (N.4/ITF 6), 16, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 in the final (6/8), 7-5 after 3 hours 43 minutes of play, Saturday in Melbourne.
Just after the match point, the young Mensik collapsed on the ground, exhausted. The American sped straight across the field to shake his hand. The Czech player who was suffering from cramps had to receive help from the doctors.
Associated with Hong Kong’s Chak Lam Coleman Wong, Bruno Kuzuhara, 17, world number 3, of Brazilian origin, had already won the junior doubles tournament on Friday.
Among the ladies, it was the world number 1, the Croatian Petra Marcinko (N.1) who won in the final depriving the Belgian Sofia Costoulas (N.8), 10th in the world, of the happiness of a victory. The young citizen of Villers-la-Ville, 16, was the second Belgian to reach the final of the Australian Open in the junior table after An-Sophie Mestach, winner in 2011
