Although all the flashes were in the historical definition that they had Carlos Alcaraz (1st in the world ranking) and Novak Djokovic (4th) at the Australian Open 2026at the Rod Laver Arena there was also room for the final in the contest Junior. And there, a historic event happened.
Ziga Sesko, the 17-year-old young tennis player and number 996 on the planet, got into the great history of Slovenia. The reason? He became the first teenager from his country to win a junior Grand Slam. However, also counting the women’s section, she is the third Slovenian player to achieve this, after Mima Jausovec and Katarina Srebotnik.
In the final he defeated the American Keaton Hance (1216th), whom he defeated in a very tight match 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4. Previously, on his tour he had eliminated Marat Salbiev (6-3 and 6-2), the Ecuadorian Emilio Camacho (6-4 and 6-3), Thilo Behrmann (6-2 and 6-4), the Brazilian Luis Guto Miguel (6-2 and 7-6) and the Japanese Ryo Tabata (6-3 and 6-3).
With this result, the European player, with great projection, enters the Top 5 of the category ranking. Furthermore, as if that were not enough, will have a wild card for the 2027 Australian Open qualifying.
