Australian Emerson Jones, teaming with Italian Vittoria Paganetti, advances to her first women’ doubles quarterfinal at Grand Slam stage.
Paris, France, 6 June 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Emerson Jones has turn out to be the primary Australian in eight years to advance to the women’ doubles quarterfinals at Roland Garros.
The 15-year-old from the Gold Coast and her Italian associate Vittoria Paganetti secured their spot among the many remaining eight with a 6-4 7-6(4) victory in opposition to Czech mixture Eliska Tichackova and Lucie Urbanova in second-round motion at the moment.
This propels world No.2 Jones, who final month turned the highest-ranked Australian junior lady since Ash Barty virtually 13 years earlier, into her first Grand Slam doubles quarterfinal.
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The final Australian to succeed in this stage in a Roland Garros women’ doubles draw was Jaimee Fourlis in 2016.
Jones and Paganetti, a 17-year-old ranked No.35, will face the event’s second seeds, British pair Hannah Klugman and Mingge Xu, within the subsequent spherical. World No.6 Klugman and world No.8 Xu have been women’ doubles semifinalists on the Australian Open earlier this 12 months.
In boys’ doubles motion, Emerson’s older brother Hayden Jones bowed out within the second spherical alongside France’s Charlie Camus.
Pavle Marinkov, an 18-year-old from Sydney, additionally misplaced within the second spherical along with his British associate Oliver Bonding.
These outcomes imply that for the second consecutive Grand Slam event, Emerson Jones is the final remaining Australian junior. On the Australian Open earlier this 12 months, she turned the primary Aussie to succeed in a women’ singles remaining in 16 years.
Aussies in motion – Roland Garros
RESULTS
Women’ doubles, second spherical
[5] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) d Eliska Tichackova (CZE)/Lucie Urbanova (CZE) 6-4 7-6(4)
Boys’ doubles, second spherical
[6] Viktor Frydrych (GBR)/Mees Rottgering (NED) d Pavle Marinkov (AUS)/Oliver Bonding (GBR) 6-7(2) 6-1 [10-5]
Timofei Derepasko/Amir Omarkhanov (KAZ) d [5] Hayden Jones (AUS)/Charlie Camus (FRA) 7-6(4) 6-2
COMING UP
Women’ doubles, quarterfinals
[5] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) v [2] Hannah Klugman (GBR)/Mingge Xu (GBR)
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