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ITFWORLD WINTER 2014 37 www.itftennis.com a championship point in the US Open finals, I was shaky. I needed to recover. I knew that I was playing well and I didn't do many mistakes and I was playing my game. I just needed to focus." The girls' doubles title was won by Ipek Soylu of Turkey and Jil Teichmann of Switzerland, who combined to beat ITF/GSDF Team member Vera Lapko of Belarus and Tereza Mihalikova of Slovakia 57 62 [10-7] in the final. Soylu and Teichmann had joined up by chance after Teichmann's original choice for partner dropped out. "That's what we call luck," Soylu said. Both girls had gone out early in the singles event but they regrouped well to win their first Grand Slam title. "I didn't play well in singles and I put all my focus on the doubles," Teichmann said. "I think it worked well." "I just stuck in there, I guess," said the modest Jasika, who emulated the double achieved by Spain's Javier Sanchez in 1986. "This week has been unreal for me. Just sticking in and hanging in got me through a few matches, so I kept it in my head and hung in and kept fighting. It feels amazing to be on the list (of winners)." The 16-year-old Bouzkova showed she was a title threat when she bounced out the Wimbledon champion, Jelena Ostapenko, in round two. When top seed Catherine Bellis, who had played in the women's main draw, was beaten at the same stage the draw was blown wide open. While Kalinina had impressed on the way to the final and led 3-1 in the opening set of the decider, Bouzkova had the poise and resolve to fight back, even if nerves almost got the better of her when she served for the title at 5-4 and 6-5. "To be the first-ever (Czech girl) to win US Open juniors, it's an amazing feeling," said Bouzkova, who did not drop a set all week. "No one ever in history won that. It's great. I was extremely nervous on those match points. To serve for Home hope Francis Tiafoe let slip two match points in the semis It was Anhelina Kalinina's first appearance in a Grand Slam singles final Wimbledon champion Jelena Ostapenko was upset in the second round Omar Jasika followed Javier Sanchez as just the second boy in history to win the US Open singles and doubles titles in the same year