As easy as ABC as Claire Liu beats Ann Li in a Chinese-American junior Wimbledon final
First time in 25 years an American has won the title
For the first time in 25 years, the female junior champion at Wimbledon is from the United States – and both finalists were of Chinese-American heritage.
Claire Liu beat another American, Ann Li, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 Saturday in the final at the All England Club. In 1992, Chanda Rubin won the female junior crown.
Liu is from Thousand Oaks, California, and Li is from Devon, Pennsylvania, and both are 17. They were two of five Americans in the quarter-finals.
“All the Americans are doing really well,” said Liu, who lost in the French Open final last month to yet another countrywoman. “It’s really good to have a good group of juniors pushing each other.”
The final was the first at Wimbledon between two American juniors since 1979 when Mary Lou Piatek beat Alycia Moulton.
In the other junior final Sunday, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain will face Axel Geller of Argentina.