Czech Jakub Menšík confirmed his enormous talent as he was the junior champion of the Australian Open, defeating the first favorite of the ATP 250 tournament in Doha. For the 18-year-old Czech, the triumph over the fifth tennis player in the world, the Russian Andrei Rublev - 6:4, 7:6, is the biggest in his career.
He qualified for the semifinals as the 116th player on the ATP list, but he will improve further. He previously got Andy Murray and Alejandro Davidovic-Fokina.
"An incredible week for me, and I came because the organizer gave away an iPhone for participation. And apart from him, I got an incredible feeling, because it was not easy to get such big rivals," said Čech.
And the current champion of the Junior US Open, João Fonseca, is the first tennis player born in 2006 who achieved an ATP victory. On the clay of Rio, the 17-year-old Brazilian Fonseka outplayed the 36th player in the world, Arturo Fis - 6:0, 6:4.
"This is my place, I enjoy these big stadiums, but I must not forget to focus on the program of progress," said the 665th player in the ATP rating, Fonseka.
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