Two Australians – Maya Joint and Emerson Jones – have progressed to the third spherical of the Australian Open 2024 women’ 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 closing 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 wonderful,” Joint mentioned. “For her to return by way of qualies, having three-set matches in each qualifying match and nonetheless be within the match is loopy. I’m fairly glad that I acquired 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 ladies’s qualies, I’ve acquired a whole lot of confidence,” Joint mentioned after scoring victories in each disciplines at Melbourne Park as we speak.
Regardless of her spectacular type, the Nationwide Tennis Academy athlete is attempting 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 purpose is all the time 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 in opposition to the 16-year-old Slovakian. She did, nonetheless, have her measure in a doubles encounter as we speak.
“I performed her within the first spherical finally yr’s US Open and that was fairly a fast match for her,” Joint mentioned.
“However I’ve improved quite a bit 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 way of to the third spherical of the Australian Open women’ singles competitors.
That is essentially the most Aussie rivals to succeed in this stage since 2016.
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TODAY’S RESULTS
Women’ 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
Women’ 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
Women’ 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 women’ singles draw
Women’ doubles, quarterfinals
[6] Maya Joint (AUS)/Kristiana Sidorova v Julie Pastikova (CZE)/Julia Stusek (GER)
> VIEW: Australian Open 2024 women’ doubles draw
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