Argentine, Belgian Win
International Coffee Cup in Costa Rica
Argentine tennis player Renzo Olivo and
Belgian tennis player An-Sophie Mestach won
the international youth Coffee Cup hosted in
Costa Rica, the organizers of the tournament
said on Sunday.
The final was played on Saturday night,
Mestach, 16, won over Puerto Rican Monica
Puig at women's category with partials of
7-6 and 6-3.
Meanwhile, Olivo won the final over
Venezuelan Ricardo Rodriguez with partials
of 7-5 and 7-6.
This is the first time that an Argentine
player wins the Coffee Cup. In 2005
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro and in 1996
Mariano Puert failed winning the tournament.
The winners at men's doubles were Canadians
Nikolai Haessig and Edward Nguyen who
defeated the team made by Olivo and Austrian
Sebastian Stiefelmeyer.
At women's doubles the winners were Mestach
and Dutch Demi Schuurs, who won over Swedish
Ellen Allgurin and Serbian Tamara Curovic.
The Coffee Cup is one of the most important
youth tournaments of the world and it is
sponsored by the International Federation of
Tennis.
The Coffee Cup gives the winner 150 points
at each men's and women's categories and it
is the first event of the season.
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