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Indonesian Priska Nugroho wins Australian Open Junior trophy
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Promising duo: Alexandra Eala of the Philippines (‘left’), Tennis Association of Indonesia (PELTI) chairman Rildo Anwar (‘center’) and Indonesian player Priska Madelyn Nugroho pose for a photograph after a women's doubles game at the Australian Open Junior on Monday. (Antara/Susan Soebakti)
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ndonesian tennis player Priska Madelyn Nugroho and Alexandra Eala of the Philippines have won the Australian Open Junior Championship trophy in the women’s doubles category. The final match was held at the 13th court of Melbourne Park on Friday where the pair defeated Ziva Falkner of Slovenia and Matilda Muvtadzic of Britain in two straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.
The fourth seeded Priska/Alexandra pair did not let any chance slip by and managed to orchestrate the entire match right from the start. They swept the first five games and closed the first set 6-1.
The Falkner/Muvtadzic pair managed to snatch two games in the second set as it seemed they didn’t want to let Priska and Alexandra breath after winning the first game of the second set. But then Priska and Alexandra bounced back and were able to lead the whole affair, sealing the second set 6-2.
Priska has followed the winning trail that Angelique Widjaja blazed 18 years ago. Angelique, partnered with Gisela Dulko of Argentina, defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Matea Mezak of Ukraine 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
