Slovak tennis player crowned Junior Wimbledon champion

Slovak tennis player Renáta Jamrichová, 17, became a Junior Wimbledon champion after she defeated Australia's Emerson Jones on July 14 in London.

The teenager, who tops the WTA junior rankings among girls, is the first Slovak to win a Wimbledon junior singles trophy, reports Sportnet.

"I'm just so happy and grateful right now that I can have this memory of playing my last junior tournament here in such a beautiful atmosphere in this amazing court and against Emerson," said the Slovak, as quoted by the official Wimbledon website.

On Sunday, Jamrichová won with a smooth result of 6:3 and 6:4. The tennis player went through the whole tournament without losing a single set and took home the prestigious Grand Slam title.

For Jamrichová and Jones, it was their second junior Grand Slam final that they played against each other this season. The first one took place at the beginning of the year when they met in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Here, Jamrichová won the first grand slam of the season with a result 6:4 and 6:1.

The Slovak is the first player to win the junior Australian Open and Wimbledon titles in the same year since British player Annabel Croft in 1984, points out wtatennis.com.

Jamrichová laid a solid foundation for Sunday's victory on a near-perfect performance in the first set. She had a 100 percent success rate on her second serve and a 90 percent success rate on her second serve. In the second set, although her opponent could take her serve early on, Jamrichová quickly reacted and did not let Jones to gain a three-game advantage. With her aggressive style she also impressed the Eurosport commentators who admired her game.

As Jamrichová mentioned in her post-match interview, the Wimbledon final would be the finishing touch to her successful junior career, during which she won four Grand Slam titles. Two of them are in singles, and two in doubles.

The Slovak, who is No. 542 in the WTA senior rankings, is the most successful junior tennis player since the independence of the Slovak Republic.