Orange Bowl: Montgomery and Tirante win
Robin Montgomery and Thiago Agustin Tirante have won the prestigious Orange Bowl.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Dec 17, 2019, 01:23 pm
At the best-known youth tournament in Florida, the only 15-year-old American Robin Montgomery won the final against Belarusian Jana Kolodynska 7: 6 (4) and 6: 3. "It's another stage win for me," said Montgomery . "I'm very happy, but when I'm back home, training is back."
Your next goal is to try your hand at the professionals. "I think I can do it. It's a matter of time." Montgomery has a 31: 9 win record from the current season with the Juniors. In 2020 Montgomery wants to play the junior competitions with the majors and try their luck with the professionals on the ITF World Tennis Tour.
The boys won the Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante in the U18 competition, who had a miraculous year in 2019: started as number 120 in the junior world, he ends the current season at the top of the rankings. "It feels wonderful. I don't know how to explain it," said the 18-year-old. He had won in the U14 competition a few years ago.
In the U16 competition this year, the American Ashlyn Krueger won after a 7-5, 2-6 and 6-2 win over compatriot Clervie Ngounoue. In the boys Daniel Rincon from Spain won after a smooth 6: 0, 6: 1 over the American Gabrielius Guzauskas.
Orange Bowl as a springboard for professional careers
The Orange Bowl has been held since 1947. Many later top players won before they jumped to the professionals, especially in the U18 competition, including Chris Evert (1969, 1970), Björn Borg (1972), Gabriela Sabatini (1984) Anna Kournikova (1995), Roger Federer (1998), Andy Roddick (1999), Caroline Wozniacki (2005) or Dominic Thiem (2011). The current US Open winner Bianca Andreescu also won the Orange Bowl (2015), last year shooting star Cori Gauff won .