Two Australians – Maya Joint and Emerson Jones – have progressed to the third spherical of the Australian Open 2024 ladies’ singles competitors.
Melbourne, Australia, 23 January 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Aussie teen Maya Joint got here mighty shut to creating her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Australian Open 2024, solely to fall to the highest seed in a three-set battle within the ultimate qualifying spherical.
Her conqueror, Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, has since gone on an unbelievable run and defeated two main champions to progress to the ladies’s singles quarterfinals.
“It’s superb,” Joint mentioned. “For her to come back by means of qualies, having three-set matches in each qualifying match and nonetheless be within the event is loopy. I’m fairly comfortable that I received that near her.”
The 17-year-old Joint is now starring within the Australian Open Junior Championships at Melbourne Park, the place she has progressed to the third spherical in singles and quarterfinals in doubles.
“Coming from AO girls’s qualies, I’ve received plenty of confidence,” Joint mentioned after scoring victories in each disciplines at Melbourne Park immediately.
Regardless of her spectacular type, the Nationwide Tennis Academy athlete is making an attempt to maintain her expectations measured.
“I strive to not put an excessive amount of strain on myself,” Joint mentioned. “I’m not a seed, so I don’t suppose I ought to have too many expectations. However my objective is at all times to win.”
Joint faces the highest seed, world No.3 Renata Jamrichova, within the third spherical of ladies’ singles competitors tomorrow.
The world No.25 has misplaced her two earlier singles matches towards the 16-year-old Slovakian. She did, nonetheless, have her measure in a doubles encounter immediately.
“I performed her within the first spherical finally 12 months’s US Open and that was fairly a fast match for her,” Joint mentioned.
“However I’ve improved lots since then, so I’ll see what I can do. I’m excited to see how I’m going.”
Emerson Jones, a 15-year-old from the Gold Coast, can be by means of to the third spherical of the Australian Open ladies’ singles competitors.
That is essentially the most Aussie rivals to achieve this stage since 2016.
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Aussies in motion – Australian Open
TODAY’S RESULTS
Ladies’ singles, second spherical
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS) d Mika Buchnik (ISR) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Maya Joint (AUS) d [Q] Isabelle Lacy (GBR) 6-2 6-1
[16] Iva Ivanova (BUL) d [WC] Tahlia Kokkinis (AUS) 6-4 6-1
Ladies’ doubles, second spherical
[6] Maya Joint (AUS)/Kristiana Sidorova d Renata Jamrichova (SVK)/Isabelle Lacy (GBR) 6-2 6-4
Yoana Konstantinova (BUL)/Teodora Kostovic (SRB) d [7] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) 2-6 6-1 [10-5]
COMING UP
Ladies’ singles, third spherical
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [9] Tyra Caterina Grant (USA)
Maya Joint (AUS) v [1] Renata Jamrichova (SVK)
> VIEW: Australian Open 2024 ladies’ singles draw
Ladies’ doubles, quarterfinals
[6] Maya Joint (AUS)/Kristiana Sidorova v Julie Pastikova (CZE)/Julia Stusek (GER)
> VIEW: Australian Open 2024 ladies’ doubles draw
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