Six-foot Mika Stojsavljevic showed she has a big future in tennis by winning the girls’ singles title at the US Open.
Andy Murray won the boys’ event here in 2004 while Heather Watson is the last British champion in New York back in 2009.
Now the Londoner, who has size 10 feet, has joined the celebrated list at the age of 15. She has become the youngest to win the girls’ title here since Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in 2006.
Stojsavljevic saw off Japanese left-hander Wakana Sonobe 6-4 6-4 in a rain-delayed final on Court 12 in 85 minutes.
She broke the No.7 seed’s serve three times before she took her second championship point when Sonobe sent a backhand long.
Ranked world No.33 in the junior rankings coming into the US Open, she shocked No. 1 seed Emerson Jones in the third round and then beat American Wimbledon junior champion Iva Jovic in the semi-finals.
After her superb win, she told Sky: “I am super happy and grateful to my coaches for this week and to my family supporting me from back home. It was obviously quite nervewracking serving for the match. I knew I just had to trust my serve and treat it like any other game. I think I did that quite well.”
Stojsavljevic, whose tennis idol is Maria Sharapova, added: “I love watching sabalenka i can relate to her most gamestyle wise, how she constructs points and finishes points.”
Stojsavljevic trains at the Loughborough National Academy and attends the private Amherst School.
Asked if she now intends to turn pro, she said: “I haven’t really thought that far yet. I’m just going year by year.”
She has a London-born Serbian father and a Polish mother. “I’ve always lived here in London and started playing when I was six with the LTA,” she said. “I speak both Serbian and Polish but mainly English at home.”
The Brits have landed in Malaga, ready to take on Germany in their opening match at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Here’s all you need to know about th
Emma Raducanu has revealed she plans to leave the UK to spend time in New Zealand around Christmas, having done so in each of the last two years.The Briton has
Emma Raducanu has revealed that she will spend Christmas in New Zealand again as she prepares to play in the ASB Classic. The British star will enter the tourna
There's been no shortage of drama in Italy already this week with Carlos Alcaraz heading into today's clash with Andrey Rublev in desperate need of a win. Defea