대만 양쭝후아 프랑스오픈 주니어 제패 !

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대만의 영자신문 타이페이 타임즈는 대만의 양쭝후아 가 프랑스오픈 주니어 남자 우승을 한 소식을 크게 보도 하고 있다. 호주오픈 주니어 준우승 한후 연속 결승진출의 쾌거.

1991년 파에즈(인도)가 유에스오픈 주니어를 우승한 이후 아시아 선수로는 최초라고 보도하고 있다.

지금까지 대만은 2001년 지미완 선수가 호주오픈과 윔블던에서 준우승 한게 최고라고 한다.

한국은 90년대 전미라의 윔블던 준우승과 최근 김선용의 호주오픈 준우승이 최고의 성적이다.

그러나 지미완, 전미라 모두 세게 100 위안에 못들어갔고, 김선용의 최근 부진으로 볼때 주니어 그랜드슬램 우승이나 준우승이 성인대회로 연결되지 못하는 감이 있다.

물론 앤디로딕, 페드러 등은 주니어 1위가 세계 성인 1위로 연결되는 좋은 예가 되기도 한다.

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Yang takes French Open crown

PARIS PINNACLE: After the disappointment of being runner-up at the Australian Open, Yang Tsung-hua went one better at Roland Garros to take the boys’ title

STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA
Monday, Jun 09, 2008, Page 20

Taiwan’s Yang Tsung-hua returns a shot to Poland’s Jerzy Jankowicz in the French Open boys’ singles final at Roland Garros in Paris yesterday. Yang won 6-3,7-6.
PHOTO: AFP

Young Taiwanese tennis star Yang Tsung-hua wrote a new page in Taiwan’s tennis history as he defeated 12th seed Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, in the final of the boys’ singles at the French Open yesterday, becoming the first ever boys’ Grand Slam singles champion from Taiwan and the first Asian player to win the boys’ singles at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in 17 years.

Yang made it to the final of the boys’ singles at the Australian Open earlier this year, but lost and finished the runner-up. Although not one of the seeded players at the French Open, he powered his way through to the final against Janowicz, who also lost to Yang at the Australian Open.

Yang broke the Janowicz serve in the second game of the first set to lead 3-0 and then held his serve to take the set 6-3.

However, at the beginning of the second set, Janowicz made a comeback by breaking Yang’s first two service games to lead 5-0. Yang rallied once more and managed to break his rival’s serve twice and hold his own for three consecutive games, making it a tie at 5-5.

In the 11th game, Janowicz held serve, and Yang held his own serve in the following game to set up a tie-break.

The pair fought fiercely in the tie-break until Yang took a 6-5 lead and he broke the Janowicz serve on his first championship point to defeat the Pole 7-5.

The biggest previous achievement by Taiwanese tennis players at the four Grand Slam boys’ singles tennis tournaments in the past was second place — Jimmy Wan was a runner-up at the Australia Open and at Wimbledon in 2001, while Yang equaled that achievement at the Australian Open this year.

With the win yesterday Yang became the first Asian tennis player to win a Grand Slam boys’ championship since India’s L. Paes won the US Open boys’ singles title in 1991.