MELBOURNE, Australia — Swiss participant Henry Bernet gave himself a reasonably spectacular 18th birthday current Saturday and stated he had taken inspiration from countrymen Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka after his 6-3, 6-4 win over American Benjamin Willwerth within the Australian Open junior boys remaining.
Bernet stated he met Federer for the primary time final 12 months on the U.S. Open and he has practiced with Wawrinka because the pair share the identical administration workforce. Bernet lately introduced he had recruited Severin Luthi, Federer’s long-time coach, ending his partnership with present coach Kai Stentenbach.
“I’ve to thank my coach. That is really our final journey and I believe it is just about the joyful ending we deserve,” Bernet stated as he obtained his trophy on Rod Laver Enviornment. “I would not be standing right here with out you as you gave me the idea I may win one in every of these huge tournaments, so thanks very a lot.”
Bernet beat top-seeded Jan Kumstat within the quarterfinals and Finland’s Oskari Paldanius within the semifinals whereas 17-year-old Willwerth defeated fellow American Jagger Leach in three units within the semifinals.
Within the junior women remaining, Japan’s Wakana Sonobe beat American Kristina Penickova 6-0, 6-1 to enhance on her runner-up end ultimately 12 months’s U.S. Open. Sonobe had defeated the house favourite — and junior world No. 1 Emerson Jones — 6-3, 6-4 within the semifinals at Melbourne Park.
Penickova, 15, received the women doubles title Friday along with her twin sister Annika, beating Jones and Britain’s Hannah Klugman 6-4, 6-2.
Within the boys doubles remaining, Max Exsted of the US and Czech Jan Kumstat had a 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory over Egor Pleshivtsev and Ognjen Milic of Serbia. It was Exsted’s second Grand Slam boys’ doubles title after his win in Melbourne in 2024 with fellow American Cooper Woestendick.
