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French Open: India’s Dev Javia enters the main draw in boys singles event
India's young tennis player Dev Javia beat Emiliano Aguilera Guerrero of Mexico 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 in the second and final league match of the Roland Garros junior wild card tennis event in Paris on Friday to book a spot in the main draw of French Open Boys Singles event.
The 18-year-old Dev had earlier beaten a Brazilian player 0-6, 6-1, 10-4 in the first league match.
Coach Shrimal Bhat commended the youngster's performance for becoming the first player from Gujarat to enter the main draw of the Junior French Open.
ROLAND GARROS JUNIORS : DEV JAVIA BOOKS MAIN DRAW SPOT AFTER SECOND CONSECUTIVE WIN
Ahmedabad's southpaw Dev Javia beat 🇲🇽Emiliano Guerrero to book his spot in the French Open Boys Singles Main Draw
Match point video shared by Dev's coach Shrimal Bhatt, Altevol Academy pic.twitter.com/4SusjQVWo0
— Indian Tennis Daily (@IndTennisDaily) October 2, 2020
Dev had won the wild card tournament in India in February. Vaishnavi Adkar who had won the girls event could not make it to Paris as she returned a positive test for covid-19 prior to the scheduled departure.
