Young Slovak tennis player Tereza Mihalíková on Saturday failed to defend the junior girls' singles trophy at the Australian Open, being defeated by 17-year-old Belarusian Vera Lapko in two sets 3-6, 4-6, but compensating for the loss by triumphing in the doubles. The 17 year old Mihalíková, seeded as number two in the singles tournament following the final match, especially regretted losing the second set after having already been 4-1 ahead. Nevertheless, Mihalíková later in the day compensated for the defeat in the singles finals with a commanding victory in the doubles together with Kalinskaya by thrashing Ukrainian duo Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarytska twice 6-1.
Zuzana Botíková, Photo: AP/TASR
