Wimbledon: Indian-American Samir Banerjee reaches boy’s singles ultimate after beating Sascha Wayenburg

Indian-American Samir Banerjee defeated France’s Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg to achieve the boy’s singles ultimate at Wimbledon. He additionally has a chance to get into the boy’s doubles ultimate on the grass-court main. 17-year-old Indian American Samir Banerjee reached the Wimbledon 2021 boy’s singles ultimate (Samir Banerjee Instagram)HIGHLIGHTSSamir Banerjee, who comes from New Jersey, has been in wonderful type at WimbledonHe defeated France’s Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg in 3 units to achieve the boy’s singles ultimateSamir will tackle USA’s Victor Lilov within the first all-American Wimbledon boy’s singles ultimate since 201417-year-old Indian American Samir Banerjee reached the boy’s singles ultimate at Wimbledon 2021 after beating France’s Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg in an exciting semi-final match on Saturday. He overcame Wayenburg 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 in an hour and 58 minutes on the All England Club.

Samir Banerjee will tackle USA’s Victor Lilov within the first all-American Wimbledon boy’s singles ultimate since 2014.Samir, 17, lives in New Jersey and began his skilled tennis profession as not too long ago as final 12 months.The American teenager has had a surprising begin to his journey on the ITF tour as he has gained 5 titles, all of them on clay, to date. He has reached the ultimate of 10 of the 17 tournaments he has featured in to date. After having been outsted within the first spherical at Roland Garros, Samir has been on a giant-killing spree on the grass courts of Wimbledon.On Saturday, Samir, ranked nineteenth on the junior ITF charts, was made to work arduous by Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg. He was stretched to the space within the first set earlier than he held his composure and took it. The second set was a breeze for his French opponent however Samir showcased his class to shut out the set and the match.Samir additionally has an opportunity to achieve the boy’s doubles ultimate as he can be pairing up with Japan’s Kokoro Isomura within the semi-final towards Daniel Rincon of Spain and Abedallah Shelbayh of Jordan in a while Saturday.Earlier, World No. 1 Ash Barty turned the primary Australian girl in 41 years to win the ladies’s singles crown. The former cricketer and women singles champion defeated Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 and emulated her idol, Goolagong Cawley, on the fiftieth anniversary of the latter’s first Australian Open triumph.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.