THE
BIG PICTURE
ITFWorld // SUMMER 2018 2 9
RUSSIA HELD THEIR
NERVE TO NAVIGATE
A TENSE FINAL
AGAINST HOSTS
CZECH REPUBLIC
AND SEAL THEIR
FIRST ITF WORLD
JUNIOR TENNIS
GIRLS' TITLE SINCE
2015 IN PROSTEJOV
IN AUGUST. The
clash boiled down to
the deciding doubles
rubber and Diana
Shnaider and Erika
Andreeva dispatched
Linda Fruhvirtova and
Linda Noskova 64 64.
The boys' final was a
more straightforward
affair as USA, who had
been imperious all
week and reached the
final without suffering
a loss, brushed aside
Czech Republic. Bruno
Kuzuhara eased past
Oldrich Vejsicky 60 60,
while Victor Lilov beat
Hynek Barton 63 64,
as USA captured their
maiden boys' ITF World
Junior Tennis crown for
six years.
