ITF Tennis - Juniors - Cilic and Szavay crowned king and queen of clay

ITF Tennis - Juniors -Cilic and Szavay crowned king and queen of clay

Two unseeded boys meet in the singles final and an unseeded team wins the doubles. I don't think any of them were mentioned in the previews I posted, were they?

With Puerta the most recent in a spate of unseeded men's finalists at the French, I'm tempted to just chalk it up as a side effect of clay. And certainly there was no reason to suspect that Antal Van Der Duim of the Netherlands would be in the final, as he had never reached an ITF Grade A or Grade 1 singles final prior to Roland Garros.

Champion Marin Cilic lost to Donald Young in the quarterfinals in Australia, and hadn't played any junior events in between, competing in Futures and Challengers instead. Perhaps this win signals a maturation, indicating that he will be a contender for the remaining Grand Slams, this year and next.

I don't expect him to be seeded at Wimbledon, the tournament he says, in the Roland Garros.com website story below, that every Croatian wants to win. But I guess coming out of the pack at Roland Garros didn't present much of a problem-- he beat the first, third and fifth seeds on his way to the final-- so his confidence may carry him through at the All-England as well. But I gather Andrew Murray will be very eager for a rematch there.