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Edinburgh's Graeme Dyce stepped off court after winning today's Australian Open boys doubles crown vowing that his victory was just the start of great things.
The 17-year-old, playing with Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara, won a hard-fought final, beating eighth seeds Stephen Donald and Rupesh Roy 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-3.
Dyce, who trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, was helped back to recovery by the East
of Scotland Institute of Sport after a lengthy spell with a leg injury last year. His victory is Britain's first at Grand Slam level since Andy Murray's US Open boys' singles triumph in 2004.
In the final the unseeded Dyce and Heliovaara, who had not dropped a set in the first four rounds of the competition, took the first set but after missing a match point at 5-6 in the second, lost the set on a tie-break.
However, two breaks of serve in the deciding set were sufficient for them to clinch the title after two hours and 13 minutes.
It won't really hit home until tomorrow but right now I feel pretty damned happy, said Dyce, who had produced serves in excess of 200kph.
On the first match point the guy slowed up his serve, we made the return but his partner finished it off at the net, which was good tactics from them.
At the end of the second we had a beak to regroup, we got our focus back and concentrated on winning one more set.
Our tactics were to serve to the backhand of Roy, who was slicing backhand returns and to be positive at the net. On the return of serve we dipped returns to the feet of the servers and the receiver's partner closed in to the net and put pressure on the upward volley.
This week was the first time Dyce had partnered Heliovaara, but the pair is already making plans to team up for further events.
We certainly seem to hit it off, said Dyce. We're looking to keep the partnership and we're both keen to play junior Grand Slam events if possible and we're looking forward hopefully to the French Open.
It was an amazing experience, we had great support from the crowd and it was great to hear Scottish voices lending their support throughout the week. This is just the start.
Dyce, who trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, was helped back to recovery by the East
of Scotland Institute of Sport after a lengthy spell with a leg injury last year. His victory is Britain's first at Grand Slam level since Andy Murray's US Open boys' singles triumph in 2004.
In the final the unseeded Dyce and Heliovaara, who had not dropped a set in the first four rounds of the competition, took the first set but after missing a match point at 5-6 in the second, lost the set on a tie-break.
However, two breaks of serve in the deciding set were sufficient for them to clinch the title after two hours and 13 minutes.
It won't really hit home until tomorrow but right now I feel pretty damned happy, said Dyce, who had produced serves in excess of 200kph.
On the first match point the guy slowed up his serve, we made the return but his partner finished it off at the net, which was good tactics from them.
At the end of the second we had a beak to regroup, we got our focus back and concentrated on winning one more set.
Our tactics were to serve to the backhand of Roy, who was slicing backhand returns and to be positive at the net. On the return of serve we dipped returns to the feet of the servers and the receiver's partner closed in to the net and put pressure on the upward volley.
This week was the first time Dyce had partnered Heliovaara, but the pair is already making plans to team up for further events.
We certainly seem to hit it off, said Dyce. We're looking to keep the partnership and we're both keen to play junior Grand Slam events if possible and we're looking forward hopefully to the French Open.
It was an amazing experience, we had great support from the crowd and it was great to hear Scottish voices lending their support throughout the week. This is just the start.
