The most important victory of his career so far was celebrated by Konstantinos Kosis, who prevailed on Saturday against the Frenchman Gabriel Debru with 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, in the 1st round of the Australian Open Junior Boys Championships.
The 18-year-old Cypriot tennis player, played great tennis and not only looked the 16-year-old Frenchman, No. 10 in the ITF world rankings, in the eyes, but also managed to put him in a very difficult position from the middle of the 2nd set.
First thanks to a break for 4-2, he won the first set 1-6, while he made a first break in the second set, which he led 4-2. Konstantinos had a game point for 4-3, but Debru stayed in the game and went on the counterattack.
First he made the break that kept him in the game, for 4-4, while later he "broke" Kosi's serve for the 2nd consecutive game and won the 2nd set 6-4.
Debru, however, faced some discomfort in his right foot from the middle of the 3rd set, when Kosis managed to keep his very high level. The Cypriot tennis player "broke" once again the Frenchman in the 7th game of the 3rd set and went ahead 4-3, while he lost only one point in his two remaining service games, to complete the great triumph in 2 hours and 26 minutes. .
Kosis, No. 57 in the world ranking of juniors, held today his first race on the main board of the Grand Slam tournament. He also competed in the Wimbledon Junior Championships last summer, but failed to qualify for the main board.
With his victory on Saturday, he entered the "32" of the event, where he will face at 2 in the morning of Monday (Cyprus time) the 17-year-old Australian Jeremy Jin, No. 104 in the world ranking in the 18 aces.
With information from: tennisnews.gr