Highly-touted French teenager Ksenia Efremova has joined the Australian Open honour roll by overcoming Ekaterina Tupitsyna in an emotional rollercoaster of a girls' final.
Tears flowed on both sides of the net as third seed Efremova held her nerve against gallant Russian Tupitsyna, winning 6-3 7-5 at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.
Tupitsyna broke down during the second set when a hamstring injury forced a medical time-out and halted her momentum as she mounted a fightback.
