Tennis: Ksenia Pervak Wins Australian Open Girls' Singles Title
Ksenia Pervak continued the strong performance by Russian females at the Australian Open by taking out the girls' singles title.
Pervak, 17, comfortably beat Melbourne-born British 15-year-old Laura Robson 6-3 6-1 in the final.
Robson has been the subject of much hype in England after winning the junior Wimbledon title as a 14-year-old last year, the youngest winner of that event since Swiss great Martina Hingis in 1994.
But she was no match for fellow hard-hitting left-hander Pervak, holding her serve just twice in the match as the Russian raced to victory.
The win by the third seed suggests the heavy quota of Russians at the top of the women's game is not about to drop.
There were eight Russian seeds in the women's singles draw at Melbourne Park this fortnight, three of them reaching the semi-finals, with Dinara Safina in Saturday night's final against American Serena Williams.
Meanwhile, American Christina McHale and Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic beat Serbia's Alexandra Krunic and Poland's Sandra Zaniewska 6-1 2-6 10-4 in the girls' doubles final.
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Pervak, 17, comfortably beat Melbourne-born British 15-year-old Laura Robson 6-3 6-1 in the final.
Robson has been the subject of much hype in England after winning the junior Wimbledon title as a 14-year-old last year, the youngest winner of that event since Swiss great Martina Hingis in 1994.
But she was no match for fellow hard-hitting left-hander Pervak, holding her serve just twice in the match as the Russian raced to victory.
The win by the third seed suggests the heavy quota of Russians at the top of the women's game is not about to drop.
Ksenia Pervak and Laura Robson
There were eight Russian seeds in the women's singles draw at Melbourne Park this fortnight, three of them reaching the semi-finals, with Dinara Safina in Saturday night's final against American Serena Williams.
Meanwhile, American Christina McHale and Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic beat Serbia's Alexandra Krunic and Poland's Sandra Zaniewska 6-1 2-6 10-4 in the girls' doubles final.
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