17-year old Indian-American Samir Banerjee wins Wimbledon boys' singles title
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Prodigy
17-year-old Indian-American Samir Banerjee just wanted to win a match at Wimbledon boys' junior circuit. But he ended up achieving so much more than that. The kid from New Jersey lifted the singles title on Sunday, marking a promising start to his fledgling career.
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Hopeful Banerjee
Banerjee won 7-5 6-3 in a clash against Victor Lilov which lasted for 1 hour 22 minutes. "It's going to be amazing, this trophy is going to be my centrepiece, I'm going to look at this and be inspired to keep playing and hopefully come back here as a pro," he was quoted as saying by the Wimbledon website.
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The Moment
When it came to the match-point, Banerjee dropped his racquet and put his hands on head in disbelief as if he could not believe he won. "My uncle is here, he's not technically a tennis coach, but if these results keep happening then I should start travelling with him more," he said jokingly.
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What next
Banerjee's father was born in Assam and mother in Andhra Pradesh before they migrated to the US and married there. Samir is expected to take a break from the tour to study at Columbia University.
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Indian Tennis
India has been struggling to develop the next set of rising Tennis players as there is not enough competition in the country to earn world ranking points. Yuki Bhambri was the last Indian to win a junior singles title at the Australian Open in 2009. Sumit Nagal won the Wimbledon boys' doubles event in 2015.