WIMBLEDON, England — Mia Pohankova of Slovakia received the Wimbledon juniors title on Saturday by beating sixth-seeded Julieta Pareja of the USA 6-3, 6-1.
The 16-year-old Pohankova broke her opponent six instances on No. 1 Court docket to safe her first junior Grand Slam title.
She is the second Slovakian in a row to win the title after Renata Jamrichova final yr.
“It is (an) unimaginable second as a result of Renata received final yr and two Slovak ladies received two (consecutive) years,” Pohankova stated. “Unbelievable for Slovakian tennis.”
Within the boys’ doubles remaining, Oskari Paldanius of Finland and Alan Wazny of Poland beat Oliver Bonding of Britain and Jagger Leach of the U.S. 5-7, 7-6 (6), 10-5 after a Champions tiebreaker.
Leach is the son of Lindsay Davenport, who received the Wimbledon ladies’s singles title in 1999.
Within the boys’ remaining on Sunday, sixth-seeded Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria will tackle American qualifier Ronit Karki.