📍Milan, Italy
14 & Under, Category 1
The Torneo Avvenire has been one of the most important events on the Junior Tour for decades. It has seen future Slam champions such as Bjorn Borg, Martina Hingis, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and many others among its winners. This year, it returned as a 14 & Under Category 1 event, showcasing the next generation of stars competing for the coveted title. | 📷 Photo Gallery
Boys Singles
Top seed Andrei Radu (ROU) was upset early in the week by Latvian Gustavs Brizs, while second seed Stan Put (NED) and third seed Alex Tuomolin (FIN) made it to the final. Tuomolin had a tougher journey to the final, while Put breezed through the tournament. Earlier this year, they had played during the Winter Cups, where Put secured a win for his team. Riding that wave of confidence, Put dominated the final in Milan, winning convincingly 6-0, 6-2.
Girls Singles
The girls' final at Avvenire was one of the most thrilling in the tournament's history. For 3 hours and 17 minutes, Maria Valentina Pop (ROU) and Daniel Baranes (ISR) battled intensely for the title. Top seed Pop made a remarkable comeback after losing the first set, winning the next two sets 7-6(3) and 7-6(10). This victory marks Pop's second 14&U Category 1 title this year, following her triumph on home soil less than a month ago.
Boys Doubles
Stan Put & Joris Van Linde (NED) def. Andrei Radu (ROU) & Nikita Berdin 6-2 6-3
Girls Doubles
Veronika Navratilova & Kristyna Prikrylova (CZE) def. Maria Valentina Pop (ROU) & Ofir Manhard (ISR) 6-3 6-3
16 & Under, Category 2
Meanwhile, on the same courts at Club Ambrosiano, a 16 & Under Category 2 event took place. One of the favourites, Carla Giambelli, secured her third 16&U title by defeating Tea Kovacevic (BIH) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. In the boys' draw, top seed Gonçalo da Rosa Castro (POR) maintained his top position, winning 6-4, 7-6(5) in the final against Italian Francesco Pansecchi.
Elsewhere on the Tour:
- At the 14&U Category 2 event in Cacak, Serbia, Miyu Iwasa of Japan advanced from the qualifying draw to the final, upsetting four top seeds to secure her first TEJT title in two years. At the same event, Lucas Alexandru Milos (ROU) came back from one set down and defeated home favourite Pavle Stojiljkovic (SRB) 2-6 6-2 6-4
- In Georgia, both top seeds Zuka Kacheishvili and Ana Chachkhunashvili won the 16&U titles at the Leila Meshkhi Tennis Academy Cup, while the 14&U titles were claimed by Akhmadi Makhanov (KAZ) and Angelina Pakhomenko
- Matteo Sanson (SVK) won both the singles and doubles titles at the 12 & Under Category 1 tournament in Humenne, Slovakia. In the singles final, he defeated Timo Monier Vinard (FRA) 6-4, 6-3. Sanson and Vinard then teamed up to win the doubles title, overcoming the Polish pair of Kwiecien and Wielgus 4-6 7-5 10-6. For the eleven-year-old Sanson, this marks his first TEJT singles title and fourth doubles title. The girls' draw saw an all-Ukrainian final, with Mariia Kocherzhenko emerging victorious over Anna Kuznetsova.
For full results from all of this week’s events, click here.