Junior world No.2 Emerson Jones battles to succeed in the Roland Garros ladies’ quarterfinal on Wednesday, amid a pursuit of the No.1 rating.
Paris, France, 4 June 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Emerson Jones continues her mission to reclaim the junior world No.1 rating on Wednesday.
Jones faces Thirteenth-seeded Spaniard Charo Esquiva Banuls within the third spherical of the Roland Garros 2025 ladies’ event as she eyes a quarterfinal look on the claycourt occasion.
The 16-year-old was opportunistic in her second-round match in opposition to Wimbledon 2024 semifinalist Vendula Valdmannova on Tuesday, changing six of her 9 break level possibilities.
She defeated the Czech teenager 6-1 2-6 6-4 to assert the match in slightly below two hours.
Jones is in sizzling pursuit of regaining the junior world No.1 rating at Roland Garros. She was surpassed by Australian Open 2025 ladies’ singles champion Wakana Sonobe earlier than the Parisian event.
The Gold Coast native achieved the highest rating in September 2024, turning into the primary Australian woman since Jelena Dokic in 1999 to take action. It adopted Jones’ look in the Australian Open and Wimbledon ladies’ singles finals final 12 months.
{The teenager} can also be chasing Australian historical past at Roland Garros 2025, aiming to interrupt a 57-year drought on the Slam. Not since Lesley Hunt claimed the crown in 1968 has Australia unearthed a junior ladies’ champion within the French capital.
Whereas Jones’ singles run is alive, her doubles marketing campaign got here to an finish on Tuesday.
Alongside Nice Britain’s Hannah Klugman, the top-seeded pair misplaced to the German duo of Eva Bennemann and Sonja Zhenikhova in an excellent tiebreak.
In different matches on Day 10, Matt Ebden and John Friends took the opening set from Brits Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski however had been unable to guide a semifinal spot.
MORE: Golden reminiscences driving Ebden and Friends in Paris
In the meantime, Ty Host and Cruz Hewitt had been halted in their respective Roland Garros boys’ doubles campaigns.
You may watch the Roland Garros 2025 motion dwell in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport from 7pm AEST.
AUSSIES IN ACTION
COMING UP – ROLAND GARROS DAY 11
Ladies’ singles, third spherical
[1] Emerson Jones [AUS] v [13] Charo Esquiva Banuls [ESP] – Second match, Courtroom 7
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