WIMBLEDON, England — Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria received his first Grand Slam title by beating Ronit Karki of the USA 6-2, 6-3 within the Wimbledon juniors last on Sunday.
The 16-year-old Ivanov grew to become the second Bulgarian to win the title after Grigor Dimitrov in 2008.
He by no means confronted a break level towards Karki and completed with 22 winners, in comparison with six for his opponent. Within the second set, he misplaced simply three factors on his first serve.
“I used to be feeling my serve very properly as we speak,” Ivanov mentioned. “In all probability my finest weapon as we speak.”
The victory provides Ivanov an opportunity to attend Wimbledon’s conventional Champions Dinner alongside the likes of males’s singles winner Jannik Sinner and ladies’s champion Iga Swiatek.
First, although, he has to seek out one thing appropriate to put on for the black-tie occasion.
“Proper now we’re coping with it (the outfit),” he mentioned. “I did not anticipate I’ll win. In order that’s a great drawback.”
Karki was attempting to grow to be the primary qualifier to win the title since Noah Rubin in 2014.