Tennis - 16 year old Belinda Bencic wins French Open junior girls title
Tennis - 16 year old Belinda Bencic wins French Open junior girls title
Prakash - 10-06-2013 - View: 12573
WTA Tennis
Tennis - 16 year old Belinda Bencic has won the French Open junior girls singles title. Bencic becomes the first Swiss girl to win here in Paris since Martina Hingis, who went to become world no. 1 and win five grand slams in the pros as well. 
Incidentally, Bencic has worked with Hingis' mother Melanie Molitor. Bencic beat friend and doubles partner Antonia Lottner of Germany 6-1, 6-3 in 66 minutes to iwn her first junior grand slam title. With the win, she also becomes the ITF junior world no. 1.
Bencic dominated Lottner in the first set and then came from 0-3 0-40 down to win six games in a row to complete the win.
Bencic is coached by her father but has worked with Molitor over the past year as well.
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