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Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Agnes Szavay (HUN)

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Tim Smyczek (USA)

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Sam Querrey (USA)

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Tamira Paszek (AUT)

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 30 Jun 2005

30 Jun 2005 - AELTC Wimbledon - Eleanor Preston

Relaxed Szavay Eases into Wimbledon Quarters

Having won the girls’ title at Roland Garros, second seed Agnes Szavay is amongst the favourites to win junior Wimbledon yet the Hungarian says she could hardly be more relaxed about playing at SW19.

“People keep asking me if I am under pressure and telling me that I must win this title but I don’t feel like that at all,” said Szavay after beating American Alexa Glatch to move through to the last eight at Wimbledon. “Maybe some of the younger juniors look at me differently since I won in Paris and I definitely have more confidence but I’ve just come to play my game. I know that if I play my best then I can beat anybody, just like if I play badly I can lose to anybody.”

Szavay plays Ekaterina Makarova in the quarter-finals after the Russian knocked out seventh seed Jarmila Gajdosova of Slovakia with a gruelling 46 76 60 victory.

“I have only ever played her in doubles and I don’t really know much about her,” admitted Szavay, who opted not to play at Roehampton to tune her game up on grass ahead of Wimbledon. “The serve is so important on grass but my serve has been working really well, so have my returns. I didn’t have any double faults today and I don’t know if I’ve ever done that before!”

Elsewhere in the girls’ draw, Belarussian top seed Viktoria Azarenka had to come from a set down to beat Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 46 61 63. She will play Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 67 64 61. Aleksandra Wozniak will take on unseeded Polish player Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarters after both scored wins while Slovenia’s Tamira Paszek continued her giant-killing run to knock out New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic. Paszek, who beat Roland Garros runner-up Raluca Olaru in the previous round, was a 64 62 winner over Erakovic.

While Szavay was winning the girls’ title at Roland Garros, Croatia’s Marin Cilic was winning the boys’ trophy and he was in similarly relaxed mood after his third round match at Wimbledon, despite dropping a set to American Sam Querry. Cilic, who won 64 67 64, said he was fighting fatigue after his efforts in both singles and doubles last week in Roehampton.

“I was definitely a little tired because I’ve been playing a lot lately but those wins in Roehampton were good for me,” said Cilic. “Today was a very tough match against a good player so I’m very pleased to get through it. I have a lot more confidence than I did before I won Roland Garros and I want to get another great win here at Wimbledon. The grand slams are so special because every game means a bit more and it’s always inspiring to play at them.”

Cilic will play Robin Haase of the Netherlands next after Haase beat Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 61 75. Second seeded American Donald Young also made smooth progress, beating Piero Luisi of Venezuela 76 62 to set up a quarter-final against Antal Van Der Duim of the Netherlands. Young’s compatriot, Orange Bowl champion Timothy Neilly takes on France’s Jeremy Chardy in the last eight. Chardy beat Myles Blake, the last Briton in either junior singles draw.

Wednesday saw two upsets in the top half of the draw, both of which were caused by young Americans. Tim Smyczek beat sixth seeded Niels Desein of Belgium 16 63 60 and will play Jesse Levine in the last eight after Levine beat Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands 26 75 64.

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