Young British tennis ace wins US Open Juniors
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15-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic has won the US Open girls' title - the first time someone from the UK has won the junior competition in 15 years.
Mika beat Wakana Sonobe in the final in New York in two sets.
It is the first time that Mika has won at one of the four big prestigious tournaments - the US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
She said she is "super happy and super grateful".
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Mika is the first British girl to win the junior title since Heather Watson in 2009.
Before she won the title, the furthest she had got in a Grand Slam was reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year.
Her route to the final has been far from easy, she had to beat American Iva Jovic in the semi-final on Friday - someone that made it to the second round of the main women's draw.
She said: "Thank you to my family for supporting me back home and thank you to the crowd here, you've been great."
Mika started playing tennis when she was just five at Ealing Lawn Tennis Club in London.
She says that her tennis idol is Maria Sharapova - one of the sports biggest stars.
It is quite easy to see why she would look up to Sharapova, after all she is a five-time Grand Slam champion.
During her time playing Sharapova didn't manage to win the junior US Open, however she did win the main competition in 2006.
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