MELBOURNE, Australia — Swiss participant Henry Bernet gave himself a reasonably spectacular 18th birthday current Saturday and mentioned he had taken inspiration from countrymen Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka after his 6-3, 6-4 win over American Benjamin Willwerth within the Australian Open junior boys closing.
Bernet mentioned he met Federer for the primary time final 12 months on the US Open and has practiced with Wawrinka because the pair share the identical administration staff. Bernet lately introduced he had recruited Severin Luthi, Federer’s longtime coach, ending his partnership with present coach Kai Stentenbach.
“I’ve to thank my coach. That is truly our final journey, and I believe it is just about the blissful ending we deserve,” Bernet mentioned as he obtained his trophy on Rod Laver Area. “I would not be standing right here with out you as you gave me the idea I might win one in every of these massive tournaments, so thanks very a lot.”
Bernet beat top-seeded Jan Kumstat within the quarterfinals and Finland’s Oskari Paldanius within the semifinals whereas 17-year-old Willwerth defeated fellow American Jagger Leach in three units within the semifinals.
Within the junior ladies closing, Japan’s Wakana Sonobe beat American Kristina Penickova 6-0, 6-1 to enhance on her runner-up end ultimately 12 months’s US Open. Sonobe had defeated the house favourite — and junior world No. 1 Emerson Jones — 6-3, 6-4 within the semifinals at Melbourne Park.
Penickova, 15, received the ladies doubles title Friday together with her twin sister Annika, beating Jones and Britain’s Hannah Klugman 6-4, 6-2.
Within the boys doubles closing, Max Exsted of america and Czech Jan Kumstat had a 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory over Egor Pleshivtsev and Ognjen Milic of Serbia. It was Exsted’s second Grand Slam boys’ doubles title after his win in Melbourne in 2024 with fellow American Cooper Woestendick.