Monfils seals grand slam treble
Monfils seals grand slam treble
France’s Gael Monfils became the first boy since Stefan Edberg in 1983 to
win three junior grand slam titles in a row by adding Wimbledon to his
Australian Open and Roland Garros titles.
Monfils, who beat Britain’s Miles Kasiri 75 76 to win his first Wimbledon
trophy, said he was undecided about trying to match Edberg’s feat of winning
all four titles in one year – the junior grand slam. “I haven’t made a
decision about whether I am going to play the US Open yet, because it’s in
September and it’s only July, but it would be cool to win all four.”
Monfils was made to work hard by the determined Briton, who held two
set-points at 5-4 in the first set and battled from 2-4 down in the
second set to force the French boy to a tiebreaker.
“Before every final you are nervous and at first I felt so nervous that I
could not play my game,” said Monfils, “but also Miles played very well.”
Despite having the majority of the pro-Kasiri crowd against him, Monfils was
buoyed by a loud band of French supporters who serenaded him with a chorus
of the French national anthem after he had taken his second Championship
point.
“It was good to have them there and I thank them for their help,” said
Monfils, who joined in the fun by conducting his impromptu choir.
Monfils’ win marked a disappointing end to a highly successful week for
Kasiri, who was unseeded. “I'm obviously disappointed that I lost because
I know that I had a lot of chances in the first set and in the second set I
was up in the tiebreak,” he said. “It was so close. There's like one or
two points, that would have made the whole difference of the match. I could
have won the match 75, 76, instead of him, if I would have won only two extra
points. That gives me confidence because he hasn't lost a match this year and
he's won all three Grand Slams so far, so he's obviously a very good player.
I know if I was to play him again, I would go on court believing I could
win.”
Kasiri will play in senior Challenger events in Nottingham and Manchester
over the next fortnight and after shrugging off defeat to Monfils he was
already looking to the future.
“I know a lot of people who have dominated the juniors have come to win the
pros,” he said. “Roger Federer won the juniors a few years ago and he's
already won the pros pretty quickly. That gives me confidence that maybe
I'm on the right track.”
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