Renee Almane, Emerson Jones and Cruz Hewitt had been among the many winners as Australian Open 2025 junior competitions kicked off at Melbourne Park.
Melbourne, VIC, 18 January 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Fifteen-year-old Renee Alame has recorded her maiden junior Grand Slam victory after ousting Australian Open 2024 women’ quarterfinalist Ksenia Efremova 6-2 0-6 6-3 within the first spherical of AO 2025.
The ladies’ world No.60 continues to construct on her spectacular 2024 season, which included 4 titles and a spot within the Australian Junior Billie Jean King Cup group.
“I don’t even know the way to really feel, to be trustworthy. Simply understanding that every one my exhausting work has paid off, I’m very pleased and thrilled to get this win,” she mentioned.
What a second 🥹
Renee Alame scores herself a maiden AO juniors win! #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/h25k08ubIe
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) January 18, 2025
Alame had the assist of a number of shut members of the family and mates who travelled from Sydney to be within the stands. Decked out in customized t-shirts, the Australian junior No.3 was willed on by the assist of her dwelling crowd.
“It means the world to me. I feel half the group was with me there. They bought the win, too. I bought the win, and so did they,” she mentioned. “Everybody that I really like was within the stands and I simply couldn’t have achieved it with out them.”
> VIEW: Australian Open 2025 women’ singles draw
In a while Saturday, junior world No.1 Emerson Jones started her AO 2025 marketing campaign in convincing type, defeating Anastasia Lizunova 6-3 6-3.
The 16-year-old managed the match from begin to end, needing only one hour to advance to the subsequent spherical.
“I feel it’s fairly good to win my first match of the juniors as a result of I used to be a bit nervous earlier than nevertheless it feels actually good to get it achieved,” the No.1 seed mentioned.
The Queenslander carries her senior kind into the event. In November, Jones received her first title on the Perpetual NSW Open, earlier than recording her maiden WTA-level victory in Adelaide in opposition to world No.37 Wang Xinyu.
“[Being junior world No.1] provides me confidence, but in addition, the matches I’ve performed within the girls’s give me loads of confidence. So I do know if I can preserve that degree within the juniors, hopefully I’ll get far [at Australian Open 2025],” she mentioned.
“I feel that if I simply play my very own recreation and principally [play] at that degree, I feel it provides me loads of confidence.”
After reaching the Australian Open 2024 closing, Jones is hoping to grow to be the primary Australian women’ champion at Melbourne Park since Siobhan Drake-Brockman 30 years in the past.
> MORE: Australian Open 2025 boys’ singles draw
In boys’ motion, Cruz Hewitt claimed his first junior Grand Slam match win after a 6-3 6-3 victory over Korean qualifier MooBeen Kim. The 16-year-old arrange a second-round encounter with No.1 seed Jan Kumstat.
Former December Showdown winner Daniel Jovanovski pushed boys’ world No.6 Jack Kennedy to a few units in a match that lasted two hours and 28 minutes. Jovanovski held two match factors within the third set however was unable to capitalise, in the end falling 3-6 6-3 7-6(4).
Aussie junior wildcard Daniel Jovanovski takes the opening set off No. 4 Seed Jack Kennedy and Court docket 13 is totally loving it #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/qNm6wmQDYn
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) January 18, 2025
Aussies in motion – Australian Open
TODAY’S RESULTS
Women’ singles, first spherical
[1] Emerson Jones (AUS) d [Q] Anastasia Lizunova 6-3 6-3
Renee Alame (AUS) d Ksenia Efremova (FRA) 6-2 0-6 6-3
[9] Mingge Xu (GBR) d [WC] Ava Beck (AUS) 6-1 6-2
[Q] Shiho Tsujioka [JPN] d [WC] Jizelle Sibai (AUS) 6-3 6-2
Boys’ singles, first spherical
Cruz Hewitt (AUS) d [Q] MooBeen Kim (KOR) 6-3 6-3
[4] Jack Kennedy (USA) d [WC] Daniel Jovanovski (AUS) 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)
[10] Maxwell Exsted (USA) d [WC] Cooper Kose (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Ludvig Hede (SWE) d [WC] Ethan Domingo (AUS) 6-2 7-6(3)
Zangar Nurlanuly (KAZ) d [WC] Nikolas Baker (AUS) 6-2 3-6 6-3
COMING UP
Women’ singles, first spherical
[WC] Koharu Nishikawa (AUS) v [3] Jeline Vandromme (BEL)
[WC] Tahlia Kokkinis (AUS) v [10] Rositsa Dencheva (BUL)
[WC] Sarah Mildren (AUS) v [11] Jana Kovackova (CZE)
[WC] Tori Russell (AUS) v [16] Julia Stusek (GER)
Alana Subasic (AUS) v Maia Ilinca Burcescu (ROU)
[WC] Emilie Chen (AUS) v Deniz Dilek (TUR)
Boys’ singles, first spherical
Ty Host (AUS) v [11] Flynn Thomas (SUI)
Duje Markovina (AUS) v [Q] Hyu Kawanishi (JPN)
[WC] Jake Dembo (AUS) v [Q] Pierluigi Basile (ITA)
[WC] Jeffery Strydom (AUS) v Yeonsu Jeong (KOR)
[WC] Ymerali Ibriami (AUS) v Pedro Albuquerque Dietrich
Women’ singles, second spherical
[1] Emerson Jones (AUS) v Thea Frodin (USA)
Renee Alame (AUS) v [12] Alena Kovackova [CZE]
Boys’ singles, second spherical
Cruz Hewitt (AUS) v [1] Jan Kumstat (CZE)
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