Tennis among juniors –
A young Swiss will play a final at the Australian Open
The Basel Henry Bernet qualified for the final which will take place on Saturday, for his eighteenth anniversary, against the American Benjamin Willweth.
Posted today at 8:37 a.m.
Henry Bernet opposes Nikita Filin in their first round match of the Simple of Boys Juniors, on the seventh day of the US Open 2024, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, on September 1, 2024, in the district of Flushing , in the district of Queens, in New York.
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The Basel Henry Bernet will compete in the final of the simple junior of the Australian Open. He dominated the Finnish Oskari Paldanius 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 Friday in the semi-finals.
-Bernet therefore has the opportunity to afford the most beautiful birthday gifts, he who will be 18 years old on Saturday. He is the seventh Swiss to reach a Grand Chelem final among boys, the first since Dominic Stricker had beaten Leandro Riedi in the 100% Swarket-Garros 2020 final.
Second representative of Swiss Tennis to rise to the final in Melbourne at the Juniors after Rebeka Masarova in 2017 (defeat in the final), Henry Bernet once again managed to perfection the important moments on Friday in the semi-finals. World Junior No. 6 won the last four points of the tie-break.
The Basel-which now benefits from the advice of Severin Lüthi to Swiss Tennis-therefore dismissed two set balls to stay undefeated in the exercise of the decisive game since the start of the tournament (five tie-breaks played, all won). He quickly sheltered in the second round, winning the first four games.
Sear 1 femor, the Czech Jan Kumstat, in the quarter -final, Henry Bernet will face the 17 -year -old American Benjamin Willwerth in the final. It will be a first face-to-face between these two hopes.
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