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Pellicano & Svrcina claim European 14&U Championship titles

Pellicano & Svrcina claim European 14&U Championship titles

Helene Pellicano has once again etched her country into the record books, this time by becoming the first Maltese player ever to win the European Junior Championships.

The final match in Pilsen (CZE) was relatively straightforward; after a hard-fought first set, the top seed won eight of the last nine games to seal a 6-4 6-1 win over Czech fourth seed Denisa Hindova, a small measure of revenge for defeat at the hands of the Czech in the doubles quarterfinals earlier in the week.

The win was a fourth straight sets victory of the week for Pellicano, whose only struggle came in a marathon semi-final against Croatia’s Noa Krznaric, in which she was forced to battle back from the brink of defeat before securing a 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 win.

Last October, Pellicano became the first player from her country ever to win a Tennis Europe Junior Masters title, and earlier this year became the first to reach the Tennis Europe Junior Tour’s #1 ranking, a position she will regain when the rankings are updated next Tuesday.

Hindova still leaves the Championships with two medals, having secured the doubles gold on Saturday alongside Kristyna Lavickova. The pair upset top seeded Russians Daria Frayman & Avelina Sayfetdinova in the final.  

In Sunday’s second singles Dalibor Svrcina claimed a second gold medal for the host nation, surviving a tight first set before accelerating away from unseeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti 7-6(6) 6-3.

The current Tennis Europe Junior Tour #1, top seeded Svrcina was in strong form throughout the week, winning all six of his matches without conceding a set, and also reaching the semi-final of the doubles event.

His conquerors in the doubles semis – Arthur Cazaux & Lilian Marmousez – went on to win the gold medal for France, beating Musetti and Italian team-mate Lorenzo Rottoli in Saturday’s final.

The four singles finalists – Pellicano, Hindova, Svrcina and Musetti – are also confirmed as the first four qualifiers for this year’s Tennis Europe Junior Masters tournament, which will be held in Reggio Calabria in early October. 

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