On Saturday in New York, 15-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic defeated her Japanese opponent Wakana Sonobe 6-4 6-4 to win the championship cup.
Eighteen hours prior, in the men’s draw semifinal, world No. 1 Jannik Skinner had defeated world No. 1 Jack Draper.
Andy Murray won the 2004 US Open boys’ singles championship, whereas Heather Watson was the last British woman to win the US Open girls’ singles title in 2009.
After an outstanding performance in the semi-final, when she defeated 16-year-old American Iva Jovic to go to the second round of the main women’s draw, Stojsavljevic produced another confident performance in the final.
I truly want to visit the Rockefeller Center and see it from the top, she remarked thereafter. After that, visit Chipotle or another restaurant. I adore it.
I’m incredibly thankful to my family for their support back home and to my coaches for making this week possible.
I think my handling of myself has gone fairly nicely. I faced some challenging matches. Despite losing the opening set in the first round, I tried to maintain my composure.
The semi-finals of the girls’ and boys’ divisions saw the defeat of British youngsters Mingge Xu and Charlie Robertson, respectively.
