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24 ITFWORLD SUMMER 2014 seed Tornado Alicia Black of USA in the quarterfinals, 12th seed Vondrousova in the semifinals and Schmiedlova in the final. "I love here everything because I think it's one of the best Grand Slams," Ostapenko said. "The atmosphere here is really nice. The people are really nice. Also the grass courts. I think it's (a) good experience, (a) good step." The girls' doubles event saw further success for the International 18-and-under ITF/GSDF Team, as team member Tami Grende of Indonesia collected the trophy with Ye Qiu Yu of China. The pair claimed a 62 76 win over Marie Bouzkova of Czech Republic and Dalma Galfi of Hungary. ROLAND GARROS AND WIMBLEDON JUNIORS on finals day. He also fell short with Rublev, as the top seeds, in the boys' doubles, losing to the Brazilian pairing and third seeds Luz and Marcelo Zormann 64 36 86. While many players are content to wait for their opponent to make the mistakes, that is not Ostapenko's brand of tennis. She likes to be aggressive, is happy to head to the net, and the strategy is ideal for playing on grass. Being bold allowed Ostapenko to sparkle brightly as she had her way with four seeded players in six matches on her way to the title. She beat ninth seed Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine in the third round, third For Rubin, who heads off to Wake Forest University in late August, his arrival home to Long Island was peppered with celebrations and many interview requests. He was even invited, along with his girlfriend, to a Mets baseball game where he was introduced to the crowd as the new Wimbledon junior champion. Interestingly, however, he is actually not the only Grand Slam champion to hail from Merrick, New York — 2011 Roland Garros mixed doubles champion Scott Lipsky has also done the Long Island town proud. Unfortunately for Kozlov, his loss to Rubin was the first of two disappointments From the dirt of Roland Garros the players moved on to the lush lawns of Wimbledon. It is a very different game, where the aggressive player willing to be daring and daunting can be rewarded. Wimbledon also welcomed two new champions to the Grand Slam fold. In the first all-American boys' final since 1977, qualifier Noah Rubin of the USA defeated close friend and sixth seed Kozlov 64 46 63. And unseeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia had all the right answers to overcome eighth seed Kristina Schmiedlova of Slovakia 26 63 60 in the girls' final. The 18-year-old Rubin's journey was one that people dream about, but don't often see fulfilled. having decided to skip out on the juniors after the 2013 US Open, Rubin's change-of-heart left him not only unseeded, but having to qualify into both the Roland Garros and Wimbledon draws. Eight matches later — two in qualifying — Rubin had claimed three seeded scalps in 12th seed Kamil Majchrzak of Poland in the second round, seventh seed Francis Tiafoe of USA in the third round and then 16-year-old Kozlov, who also reached this year's Australian Open final. "Just believe in yourself and get out there and never give up," said Rubin, when asked what he learned about himself during the week leading up to his becoming a Wimbledon champion. "(I) believe that I could basically do anything I want if I really put my mind to it." "Just believe in yourself and get out there and never give up. I believe that I could basically do anything I want if I really put my mind to it." - Noah Rubin Noah Rubin was the first unseeded Wimbledon boys' winner since 2009