Gold Coast siblings Hayden and Emerson Jones are starring on the Australian Open 2024 Junior Championships.
Melbourne, Australia, 24 January 2024 | Leigh Rogers
It has been a memorable day for the Jones household at Australian Open 2024, with siblings Hayden and Emerson Jones advancing to their first Grand Slam singles quarterfinals.
The 15-year-old Emerson was the primary to progress, after recording a 7-5 6-3 victory in opposition to American Tyra Caterina Grant within the third spherical of the ladies’ singles competitors.
“It’s fairly nice,” stated the Gold Coast-based Jones after beating the world No.12 in 96 minutes.
“I wasn’t actually anticipating to go this far.”
Contesting her fifth junior Grand Slam match, this betters Jones’ third-round appearances within the ladies’ singles occasions at Roland Garros and Wimbledon final 12 months.
Jones, who sits at a career-high world No.8 within the junior rankings, additionally extends her present successful streak to 9 matches.
It follows a powerful run on the Traralgon Junior Worldwide final week, which noticed Jones develop into the primary Australian to clinch the ladies’ singles title in 24 years.
“I performed fairly properly in Traralgon, however I’ve simply obtained to maintain my stage right here,” stated Jones, who turns into the primary Aussie to achieve this stage in an Australian Open ladies’ singles draw since Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz in 2022.
“There’s a number of nice gamers in juniors, so I’ve to play my greatest to beat them.”
Her older brother, 17-year-old Hayden, adopted on Courtroom 3 in a third-round boys’ singles conflict with Poland’s Tomasz Berkieta.
Jones notched a steely 6-4 5-7 7-5 victory in opposition to the big-hitting third seed, who tallied 49 winners to the Australian’s 16 within the two-hour battle.
World No.33 Jones’ consistency paid off, committing solely 16 unforced errors in comparison with world No.8 Berkieta’s 48.
Jones, who’s the primary Australian to advance to a boys’ singles quarterfinal on the Australian Open since Rinky Hijikata in 2018, is now the one seeded participant remaining in his half of the draw.
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Aussies in motion – Australian Open
TODAY’S RESULTS
Ladies’ singles, third spherical
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS) d [9] Tyra Caterina Grant (USA) 7-5 6-3
[1] Renata Jamrichova (SVK) d Maya Joint (AUS) 6-4 6-3
Boys’ singles, third spherical
[16] Hayden Jones (AUS) d [3] Tomasz Berkieta (POL) 6-4 5-7 7-5
[4] Rei Sakamoto (JPN) d [13] Pavle Marinkov (AUS) 4-6 6-0 6-1
Ladies’ doubles, quarterfinals
Julie Pastikova (CZE)/Julia Stusek (GER) d [6] Maya Joint (AUS)/Kristiana Sidorova 0-6 6-1 [10-5]
COMING UP
Ladies’ singles, quarterfinals
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [2] Sara Saito (JPN)
Boys’ singles, quarterfinals
[16] Hayden Jones (AUS) v Jan Kumstat (CZE)
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