 Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 04 Sep 2006 |
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| 05 Sep 2006 - Flushing Meadows, New York - Eleanor Preston | |
| Cohen blogs her way to Mrdeza win |
Monday was a busy day for America’s Julia Cohen. Not only did she have to survive two tough tiebreakers to win her first round match against Croatia’s Tereza Mrdeza in the US Open juniors, but the tournament’s sixth seed also had to fulfil her duties as one of www.itfjuniors.com’s bloggers.
Cohen was joined by her fellow blogger, Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano, for a special photo session onsite at Flushing Meadows, where the pair attracted plenty of interest from passing tennis fans as they posed together for the ITF’s official photographer Susan Mullane. Cohen says she has enjoyed writing her blog so far this week in New York and giving the fans an insight into life at the final junior grand slam of the season.
To check out their blogs click HERE
“I really enjoy it a lot, it’s a lot of fun,” said Cohen, who said she spends a lot of time online, chatting to her friends. “I think people really like to know what it’s like to be on the junior circuit. It’s a lot tougher than people think. Everybody thinks it’s really glamorous but there are times when it’s hard. I like to tell people about being at a grand slam. They’re always the most fun because the pros are here. It’s important when you are in juniors that you feel comfortable in this environment. You need to get used to the fact that you are standing next to Justine Henin-Hardenne in the locker room.”
Cohen admitted she was relieved to get through a potentially difficult opening match. “It was a little bit windy so it was hard and it’s always tough in the first round because it takes time to work out how to play against people,” said Cohen, who faces Nicola Hofmanova of Austria in round two. “I’m really pleased with how I competed. There is a lot of pressure here because it’s my home grand slam. My dad drove up to watch me and he doesn’t get to many tournaments, so I’m really pleased. I like pressure. It makes things more exciting. Most of the crowd was for me because I’m American, which made it a lot of fun.”
In other girls’ results, Cohen’s fellow American Kristy Frilling caused the upset of the day by knocking out fifth seed Kristina Antoniychuk of Ukraine with a 7-6, 6-3 win. Top seed and Australian Open junior champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia wasted little time in sealing her second round place with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Christina McHale of the USA.
In the boys’ competition, Daniel-Alejandro Lopez of Italy scored a shock 6-3, 6-2 win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori; while Jurgen Zopp of Estonia picked up a notable scalp by knocking out eighth-seeded Russian Artur Chernov with a 7-6, 6-2 victory.
Thomas Fabbiano, whose blog can be seen alongside Cohen’s all this week, came through in three sets, beating the USA’s Jason Jung 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
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