Wimbledon champ from La Cala del Moral

Alejandro Davidovich is first Spaniard in 50 years to win the boys' Junior Championship

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Alejandro Davidovich raising his Wimbledon cup (Photo: Wimbledon/Twitter)

IT WAS not only the new Wimbledon Ladies’ Champion Garbiñe Muguraza who flew the flag for Spain at the London tournament this year. An 18-year-old from La Cala del Moral was the first Spaniard in 50 years to win the boys’ Junior Championship at Wimbledon, and did it without dropping a set.

Just 24 hours after Muguraza lifted her trophy, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Argentina’s Axel Geller 7-6, 6-3 in 85 minutes.

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