Canadians sweep Wimbledon junior titles
CBC News
Posted: Jul 9, 2012 10:47 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 10, 2012 12:07 AM ET
Two Canadians served up winners at the Wimbledon tennis tournament this past weekend.
Eugénie Bouchard of Montreal and Filip Peliwo of Vancouver took the tournament's junior singles titles. That's a first for anyone from Canada.
CBC's Lynne Robson looks at what has put some swing into their success.
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