Out in Melbourne’s streets celebrated australians Australia Day, and inside on the big Rod Laver Arena could Clara Tauson and Danish tennis celebrate a rare triumph, as the stortalentet won his first grand slam as a junior.
It was after an excellent and deeply concentrated effort against canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez, who was defeated by 6-4, 6-3.
Besides the beautiful title could be a happy Clara Tauson add 1,000 points to the ITF’s next ranking, which she thus tops, and therefore she can now call itself the world’s best junior.
at the same time, can triumph on the big stage forråbentlig pave the way for some of the important wildcards to seniorturneringer, which she needs in efforts to establish themselves among the adults.
After an equal opening dominated the 16-year-old Clara Tauson its peers juniorrival, and the otherwise rapfodede venstrehåndsspiller with the tricky angled blow broke gradually under the heavy bombardment.
And so could a shy dane accepting the trophy and delivering his acceptance speech.
– I’m super-happy, she said, and thanked his father, and the Danish spectators for the support.
– the Australian Open is definitely my favorite grand slam now, she said with a smile and was duly rewarded from the stands.
The two finalists met at the net with tears in her eyes. The Danish was due to joy. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
The two girls played good tennis from the start, but, behind 0-1, had the dane fend off the first breakbold, before she closed the party with an ace.
In the fifth batch, she gave through the heavy basic beats himself two chances, and she utilized the first via a fine press against canadierens backhand, which eventually delivered the desired error, and then there was the broken to 3-2 in Danish favor.
the Lead kept unfortunately not for long. Fernandez was lucky with a netruller, which gave breakbold, and it was Tauson so hospitable to give her even a gift, since she is a few metres from the net slagflugtede the ball just outside the sidelines.
Clara Tauson dominated most of the time with his heavy basic beats. Photo: Roger Parker
She did, however, manage to swallow ærgrelsen, and as it increasingly has been the case in Melbourne, proving that she is the focus and itched relentlessly. Loyal to his own play preserved she has both depth and breadth in its controlled offensive, and Fernandez was in the level posted in the race when she broke to 4-3.
She closed her next game with an ace, a fist and a loud ’come on’ to 5-3, before Fernandez with a number of fine førsteserver reduced.
While Clara Tauson prepared to serve the first final-set home, she could consider a noisy air shows in the air over in the occasion of Australia Day.
Clara Tauson gave many samples on its large slagrepertoire. Here the slicer with her backhand. Photo: Roger Parks
the Dane came rushing out in their slipstream and spill out to the three sætbolde. On the first, she was passed at the net, but on the next she fetched after 32 minutes of play yet a mistake from his opponent. 6-4.
At 1-1 in the second set failed Leylah Annie Fernandez’ serv her. A double faults gave two Danish breakbolde. The first was sent in the network with a forhåndsslice, but then made the canadian the yet of a nervous double faults, and Tauson was in front 2-1.
She kept safe serv, and shortly after could she vent even a loud ’come on’, when she, with a deep, diagonal forhåndsvinder broke for 4-1.
the Canadian had bitten the teeth together and reduced with a break, but it just got Clara Tauson once again, to bite the teeth together, and with the insistent game she broke for 5-2 and could thus serve the victory home.
On his first match point she got gummiarm and made a nervous double faults. Shortly after she beat resolved in the network to canadian breakbold, and she jumped too far with the backhand. Whew, canadian break.
Fortunately, Tauson pulled a deep breath, verfet the nerves away and knocked themselves out in the next duels, and as she stood with two matchbolde in canadian serv, she laid a heavy pressure on the first. Fernandez broke under it and beat the ball out.
Clara Tauson responds almost disbelief after matchbolden. Now she can call herself the world’s best junior. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
Clara Tauson threw the racket, took to his head ogløb against the web of the hand to the mouth, and shortly after waving she a little tear away, while she looked out on a storsmilende Søren Tauson, her father and trainer on the stage.
The two 16-year-old topjuniorer has the past year been each other’s rivals with three major, interrelated meetings.
Clara Tauson lost for a little over a year ago a big grusfinale in Brazil, but she got the last in 2018 rematch at juniorernes sæsonfinale and again in last week’s final of the tournament in Traralgon. The two victories fell on the hardcourt and was likely to give the self-confidence, as the dane raised on Rod Laver Arena.
Her next assignment is with the Danish Fed Cup team in Poland in two weeks.
Former Danish junior grand slam winners
Kurt Nielsen, the Wimbledon and the French Open, both in 1947
Kristian Statements, the Australian Open, 1999
Caroline Wozniacki, Wimbledon, 2006
