Wimbledon 2021: Nastasja Schunk missed the junior title
Nastasja Schunk missed the big coup at the junior women competition in Wimbledon. The German lost in the final to Ane Mintegi Del Olmo from Spain in three sets.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: Jul 11, 2021, 06:08 pm
The German made it to the start of this - the biggest for Schunk to date - made-to-measure. Nastasja Schunk secured the first round 6: 2 and was only one set away from her greatest career success to date.
Her opponent, the unseeded Spaniard Ane Mintegie Del Olmo, countered very strong, however, and secured set two with 6: 4. With that, Nastasja Schunk was broken, in the third round there was nothing to get for the Mainz woman - with 6: 1 Del Olmo again fixed her greatest career success to date.
Samir Banerjee triumphed in the men's final. He prevailed in the all-American final against Victor Lilov in straight sets.
Prominent footsteps
"I try to just concentrate on myself and not think: The final is already good," said the native of Mainz before the final on Court No. 1, the second largest stadium on Church Road. There she defeated the top seeded Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva from Andorra in the semifinals on Saturday and also showed impressive power tennis from the baseline against her Spanish opponent in the final. After 2:03 hours and four match points blocked, she still had to congratulate Mintegi del Olmo (17).
Ashleigh Barty showed on Saturday where the path as a junior winner could lead: The world number one from Australia won the women's singles title - ten years after she had triumphed as a junior in London. Today's German top player Alexander Zverev won the junior competition at the Australian Open in 2014.
Schunk came to tennis through her six-year-old brother, in April she fought her way through the qualification at the tournament in Stuttgart and made her debut in a WTA main field. There she lost to the top Swiss player Belinda Bencic. Your goal is now to "establish yourself on the women's tour," said Schunk.
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