Spanish tennis sensation Nicola Kuhn beat the world's No.1 junior in three nailbiting sets to reach his first Grand Slam final in Paris today.
The 17-year-old Torrevieja superkid defeated US-based Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 2-6 7-6 - extending his winning run of matches at the 2017 French |Open to eight junior singles and doubles matches.
A couple of hours after beating Kecmanovic at Roland Garros, Kuhn was back on court with doubles partner Zhombor Piros - beating American pair Sam Riffice and Gianni Ross 6-4 6-4 to advance to his second final of the day.
Kuhn, who won his first professional title in Hungary two weeks ago and has since leapt to 530 in the ATP men's rankings, has now lost just one of his last 13 singles matches, eight of which have been on the professional circuit.
Blond-haired Nico, who was 17 in March, fought back impressively against Kecmanovic after going a service break behind to the American-based Serb in both the first and final sets. The Innsbruck-born Spaniard, son of a German father and Russian mother, went on to win the tiebreaks 7-5 and 7-4 to demonstrate that intense pressure brings out the best of him.
In the boys' singles final, he will face Australia's Alexei Popyrin, who beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovitch Fokina 6-4 6-2 in the other semi.
The 17-year-old Torrevieja superkid defeated US-based Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 2-6 7-6 - extending his winning run of matches at the 2017 French |Open to eight junior singles and doubles matches.
A couple of hours after beating Kecmanovic at Roland Garros, Kuhn was back on court with doubles partner Zhombor Piros - beating American pair Sam Riffice and Gianni Ross 6-4 6-4 to advance to his second final of the day.
Kuhn, who won his first professional title in Hungary two weeks ago and has since leapt to 530 in the ATP men's rankings, has now lost just one of his last 13 singles matches, eight of which have been on the professional circuit.
Blond-haired Nico, who was 17 in March, fought back impressively against Kecmanovic after going a service break behind to the American-based Serb in both the first and final sets. The Innsbruck-born Spaniard, son of a German father and Russian mother, went on to win the tiebreaks 7-5 and 7-4 to demonstrate that intense pressure brings out the best of him.
In the boys' singles final, he will face Australia's Alexei Popyrin, who beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovitch Fokina 6-4 6-2 in the other semi.
