Mathieu Warnier, media365: published on Sunday January 26, 2025 at 8:05 p.m.
Thanks to a clear victory against the American Tristan Ascenzo, Mario Vukovic won the little AS tournament this Sunday in Tarbes. He is the first French to win this tournament since 2014.
It is a promise that requires being confirmed in the future. Aged only thirteen, Mario Vukovic has made a name in the little Tennis world by dominating the little AS tournament, considered the world championship for young people with the young AS championship and won in the past by Rafael Nadal or Michael Chang. Opposed in the American final Tristan Ascenzo, the member of the Tennis Club Coupvray Chessy Val d'Europe concluded a tournament by a tournament during which he dominated his opponents one by one. A course started by a success against the Japanese Kazuki Nakajima (6-1, 6-2) before subjected the same fate to the Irish Brody Lee Stafford (6-3, 6-1) then to his compatriot Thomas Grevoul ( 6-2, 6-0) to reach the quarter-finals. The Hungarian Vencel Fazekas then did not offer the slightest opposition to Mario Vukovic, who continued on his momentum with a very clear victory (6-2, 6-1) to join another French, Samuel Dakessian, in the last square . A meeting that turned out to be the most complicated for the Ile -de -France.
-Vukovic merciless with Ascenzo
He was able to get out victorious (6-4, 6-2) to join the final, with a duel against Tristan Ascenzo. A meeting that will not have seen the chronometer reaching the hour of play. However, it was the American who took the best start by taking the service of the Habs from the first game of the match. Except that this game remained the only one written by the 14 -year -old player. Indeed, Mario Vukovic then took control on the court and left absolutely nothing to his opponent. The Ile -de -France displayed the quality of his game, with in particular a service flirting with the 180km/h and varied blows making him unpredictable.
After winning the Bolton tournament last week, Mario Vukovic adds the little AS to her record with this success in the final (6-1, 6-0 in 57 minutes), without ever conceded more than four games in a round. He joined his compatriots Quentin Halys, Richard Gasquet, Paul-Henri Mathieu or Olivier Mutis, becoming the first Frenchman to win in Tarbes from Rayane Rayane Rayane in 2014.
