How to offer yourself a nice birthday gift 3 days in advance? Harold Mayot, who turns 18 on Tuesday, has found the best answer to this question. He indeed won the Australian Junior Open on Saturday after a 100% French final won against Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 6-1. "It was a goal to win here, I had in mind to win a Junior Grand Slam this year," said Messin, 3rd in the world among juniors before his title and seeded N.1 in Melbourne.
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The French 17 year-old is our # AO2020 Junior Boys' Singles champion, def. Cazaux 6-4 6-1. # AusOpen pic.twitter.com/yq4etrm3rz
Three Frenchmen had reached the halves
To achieve this result, Mayot had eliminated in half another of his compatriots, Timo Legout. And if this victory will open the doors of more prestigious professional tournaments than those he currently plays, the young player does not however want to “burn the stages” as he is doing, according to him, the Danish Holger Rune who won junior Roland-Garros last year but "has lost a lot of games quite easily" in Challengers tournaments (2nd professional division) since.
“The mistake of many young people and many people who have won the Junior Grand Slams is to want to take the step. Of course I will have invitations, but if I feel that I do not have the level of play I will leave myself on Future tournaments. The goal is to play big tournaments but not to skip the stages and to keep a cool head, "said Mayot, ranked 527th at ATP and coached by Thierry Tulasne, ex-world No.10.
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