17-year-old Luke Saville is through to the third round of the juniors competition after defeating Lucas Pouille of France 6-3 3-6 6-4. A confident final set ensured victory the South Australian.

Saville shot to prominence in 2011, reaching the final at the Australian Open junior tournament and then taking out the junior Wimbledon title. He is the number one seed in the junior competition this year.

Saville was barely troubled in the first set as he snared an early break, and held his nerve to close it out comfortably. Pouille rallied in the second, claiming the only break of the set to send the match into a decider, in which Saville pounced on his opponent's apparent fatigue. A few wild serves suggested Pouille was wilting in the heat, and Saville savaged his serve to take a 5-2 lead and eventually the match.

He will now play 16th seed Karim Hossam of Egypt for a spot in the quarter finals.

I was lucky enough to land a one-on-one interview with the future champ following the win. He came directly from Show Court 3, still sweating and out of breath, with minimal time to spare before his doubles match only a few hours later.

He told me the best quality of his game - apart from his backhand - is his ability to perform on the pressure points and fight a game out to the end. This was evident in the third set today, as he broke Pouille early, but also when he was forced to break the Frenchman again to close the match out.

One element of the top seed's game that stood out to me was his positioning. He always seemed to know the right place to be and where the ball would go. Saville confirmed that this is an area of his game that he has spent a bit of time working on. "I have quite a good volley, so I try to set myself up to get to the net a bit," he said. Fair enough, any good player will play to their strengths.

Naturally, Saville harbours ambitions of success on the World Tour. He will only compete in the Grand Slams on the junior tour this year, preferring Futures and Challenger tournaments in a bid to improve his ranking, which currently sits at 1177. The lift in intensity between the men's and boys' tours is marked, but Saville believes he is ready to make the leap. At any rate, playing the tougher matches in between the Grand Slams should pave the way for the rising star to go deep in the junior majors.

The decision to play only the Grand Slams on the junior tour is indicative of both Saville's ambition to make a splash on the senior circuit and his belief in his ability to do so. Perhaps in the coming years he could make some inroads into the Australian Open proper. While he is young, Saville could be a wildcard to reckon with, much in a way Bernard Tomic has been in the last two years.

One thing he already has over Tomic is his use of technology - Saville assured me with a smile that, though his experience playing with Hawkeye is limited, his success rate in challenging line calls is excellent.

For the record, Saville ended up winning his doubles match too, paired with Jack Schipanski, in the mega tie-break that is the third set. In the junior doubles tournament, the third set is decided by a tie-break up to ten points, rather than games. Saville and Schipanski won theirs 10-4.

It may be a tad premature and indulgent, but the dream of winning both singles and doubles titles remains intact for the time being.