Australia’s Storm Hunter is the highest-ranked participant remaining within the Wimbledon 2023 girls’ doubles draw.
London, Nice Britain, 11 July 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Storm Hunter and Belgian companion Elise Mertens are firming as real title contenders within the Wimbledon girls’ doubles competitors.
The third seeds acquired a third-round walkover from Czech mixture Miriam Kolodziejova and Marketa Vondrousova.
This propels Hunter and Mertens right into a quarterfinal showdown with British wildcards Naiktha Bains and Maia Lumsden.
World No.173 Bains, a 25-year-old who previously represented Australia, and world No.178 Lumsden, additionally 25, are having fun with a surprising career-best run. Previous to this match, they’d solely recorded a single win every at Grand Slam-level.
Simply two seeded groups stay within the girls’ doubles draw and remarkably, world No.7 Hunter and world No.8 Mertens are the one gamers ranked contained in the world’s prime 25 nonetheless alive within the match.
Hunter and Mertens teamed up for the primary time on the Australian Open in January, the place they superior to the quarterfinals.
In addition they made final-eight appearances at Indian Wells and Miami, earlier than having fun with a title-winning run on the WTA 1000 occasion in Rome.
With 17 wins from their 22 matches collectively in 2023, their confidence as a crew is rising.
“It’s been numerous enjoyable,” Hunter mentioned of their partnership on The AO Present podcast final week.
“We’re nonetheless regularly engaged on our video games collectively. It’s good to have a constant companion that we are able to sort of work collectively in the direction of these objectives.
“She’s somebody that’s had numerous expertise. She’s gained Grand Slams, she’s been world No.1 in doubles. So simply utilizing her to assist me as effectively, and imagine in myself in these moments – that’s been actually nice.”
That is 28-year-old Hunter’s sixth profession look in a Grand Slam girls’ doubles quarterfinal. She has made this stage as soon as earlier than at Wimbledon, throughout her breakout semifinal run in 2021.
It’s a fourth consecutive girls’ doubles quarterfinal on the All England Membership for 27-year-old Mertens, who gained the 2021 title and was a finalist final yr.
In women’ doubles motion, Emerson Jones and Taylah Preston each misplaced their first-round matches.
They now flip their consideration to singles, the place they’re having fun with a history-making run.
Aussies in motion – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Women’ doubles, third spherical
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) d Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE)/Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) w/o
Women’ doubles, first spherical
Hannah Klugman (GBR)/Isabelle Lacy (GBR) d Emerson Jones (AUS)/Ela Milic (SLO) 6-4 6-2
Wakana Sonobe (JPN)/Tereza Valentova (CZE) d [Alt] Taylah Preston (AUS)/Alina Korneeva 7-5 2-6 [14-12]
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COMING UP
Women’ doubles, quarterfinals
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Elise Mertens (BEL) v [WC] Naiktha Bains (GBR)/Maia Lumsden (GBR)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 girls’ doubles draw
Women’ singles, third spherical
[13] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [WC] Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)
[WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) v [8] Ena Koike (JPN)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 women’ singles draw
Women’ doubles, first spherical
Roisin Gilheany (AUS)/Daniela Piani (GBR) v [1] Lucciana Perez Alarcon (PER)/Kaitlin Quevedo (USA)
Lily Taylor (AUS)/Zuzanna Pawlikowska (POL) v Darja Suvirdjonkova (SRB)/Vendula Valdmannova (CZE)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 women’ doubles draw
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