The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, Jul. 8, 2012 11:07AM EDT
WIMBLEDON, England -- Filip Peliwo made it a clean sweep for Canada in the junior singles finals at Wimbledon.
The 18-year-old from Vancouver beat Australia's Luke Saville 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday to win the boys' crown, a day after fellow Canuck Eugenie Bouchard won the girls' trophy.
The Westmount, Que., native also added the girls' doubles crown on Sunday as she and Taylor Townsend of the U.S. defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Croatia's Ana Konjuh 6-4, 6-3.
The wins gave Canada an unprecedented three titles at a Grand Slam event. Bouchard's victory in the girls' final on Saturday marked the first time a Canadian has won a singles final at any level at a major.
Peliwo, who lost to Saville in the Australian Open boys' final in January, said he used Bouchard's victory in singles as inspiration.
"I wasn't jealous of her title, but it made me ever more hungry, I wanted to have the same feeling for myself and for Canada. I knew it would be a great achievement if we were both champions," said Peliwo, who also lost in the boys' final at the French Open. "The two previous finals that I lost were also a big inspirations, I didn't want to lose again but (I) was not letting it get to my head."
