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WIMBLEDON - Young players getting their first taste of grass court tennis may not embrace it wholeheartedly, but sharing the All England Lawn Tennis Club with ATP stars like Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz in the final days of the Wimbledon Championships was undeniably inspiring for Moritz Freitag of Austria and Tristan Ascenzo of the United States. The pair, who were among the 16 boys and 16 girls invited to participate in the fourth annual 14U tournament hosted by the club, went 9-1 in competition in the four-day event.
Boys 14s Champion Moritz Freitag
© Paul Ballard
Freitag, who went undefeated in round robin play to qualify for the knockout phase, defeated Les Petits As champion Mario Vukovic of France 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals before earning a Wimbledon title with a 4-6, 6-1, 10-4 victory over Rafael Pagonis of Greece in Sunday's final on Show Court 12.
Freitag vowed to play more aggressively after dropping the opening set, and the level he found in the second half of the match allowed him to avenge his loss to Pagonis in the final of the Tennis Europe Category 1 tournament on grass the previous month.
