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Wimbledon Boys Champion Ivanov, 16, won our Open

Bulgarians win the All-Milgaria Final

September 6, 2025

Ivan Ivanov won his second straight title by defeating Bulgarian Alexander Vasilev 7-5, 6-3 in the U.S. Open final.

“I did a great job and our thoughts came. We met Alexander in the final.”[It was a] Bulgaria’s all-finals and Bulgarian crowd. I’m glad this happened and I’m glad it was successful today. ”

The 16-year-old turned five of his nine breakout points into five and won 19 winners in 74 minutes. The No. 1 seed saved two of his four breakout points in the fifth seed opponent.

“He’s back. He’s starting to put more pressure on me, and I really feel it.” “I’m trying to escape, I’m trying to make these moments as short as possible, and I’m glad [about] Today, because I managed to do it very short. At 5-All, I managed to back off and then send the serve. So I’m very satisfied with that. ”

Ivanov became the third boy to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open this century, joining country men Grigor Dimitrov and Filip Peliwo. This is the special purpose of his major campaign, in which he rose to No. 1 in the ITF teenager rankings.

“I mean, look at this city. Sometimes we’re in a huge stadium, we’re in a huge city,” Ivanov said. “Crowds, people, organizations, it’s everything that makes the game unique.”

Movistar’s 16-year-old train on the Rafa Nadal Academy received congratulations from Nadal himself on Saturday.

“Congratulations to Ivan for winning @wimbledon & @usopen Junior🏆!” Nadal posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Congratulations to all @rnadalacademy teams!👏🏻👏🏻”

Congratulations to Ivan for winning Wimbledon? ref_src = twsrc%5etfw”>@wimbledon& @usopen juvenile!

Congratulations to all @rnadalacademy team! 👏🏻👏🏻

– Rafa Nadal (@rafaelnadal) September 6, 2025