Teenager Maya Joint has denied Maddison Inglis in an all-Australian showdown at Pat Rafter Enviornment, whereas fellow wildcard Talia Gibson succumbed to Marie Bouzkova.
Brisbane, Australia, 29 December 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Teenage wildcard Maya Joint has set a showdown with former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka in her Brisbane Worldwide debut after claiming an all-Australian stoush towards Maddison Inglis on Sunday.
Aleksandar Vukic later took down former world No.7 David Goffin in straight units, whereas Talia Gibson succumbed to Czech Marie Bouzkova after three hours.
In solely her fourth WTA-level match, the 18-year-old Joint performed with the fearlessness of youth when she jumped to 5-0 early and sustained her benefit by way of a extra evenly contested second set for a 6-3 6-4 victory over the 154th-ranked Inglis at Pat Rafter Enviornment.
18-year-old Maya Joint defeats compatriot Maddison Inglis 6-3 6-4 to kickstart her #BrisbaneTennis marketing campaign.
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“I practice right here, so it’s tremendous particular to have the ability to play a match in entrance of this superb crowd,” Joint stated. “It’s actually essential to begin the season off properly and I can’t consider a greater place to do it than right here.
“I’m tremendous excited to simply play plenty of firsts – first foremost draw right here, first foremost draw on the Australian Open.”
Australia’s fastest-rising participant over the previous yr, Joint climbed a staggering 655 locations to finish inside the highest 120 following a season that included two ITF titles, a WTA 125 remaining and a win over Laura Siegemund to succeed in the second spherical on the US Open.
{The teenager} vowed to study from a defeat to world No.21 Madison Keys at Flushing Meadows in her subsequent match towards two-time former champion Azarenka.
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“I’m actually excited to play her. Yeah, I’ll assume again to my Madison Keys match. That was an awesome expertise. I hope I can play properly once more,” Joint stated.
“There was plenty of issues that I noticed that I wanted to enhance in my very own sport to be aggressive with these types of gamers … I’m glad I received a very good win beneath my belt. I’ll take confidence from that. She hasn’t performed a match but this week, so we’ll see the way it goes.”
Vukic reaches second spherical, Gibson falls narrowly brief
Australian wildcard Vukic closed out the evening session with a convincing victory over former world No.7 Goffin.
In a first-time assembly between the pair, the world No.68 prevailed over the Belgian 6-2 6-3 to set a second-round conflict towards both reigning champion Grigor Dimitrov or qualifier Yannick Hanfmann.
“I believe I undoubtedly served good once I wanted to. There have been patches the place I wasn’t making sufficient and moving into slight bother on my serve after which once I wanted to I served properly … I assumed my efficiency was superb,” Vukic stated.
“It was my first yr taking part in day in, day trip at this degree, plenty of ups and downs however actually very assured going into the brand new season.”
Within the first evening session match on Sunday, world No.44 Bouzkova survived a gruelling first outing of the brand new season towards heavy-hitting West Australian wildcard Gibson.
One in every of seven Czechs within the high 50, Bouzkova returned to the Queensland capital for the primary time since 2020 and required three hours to carry off the 20-year-old world No.140 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3.
In final-round males’s singles qualifying, Tristan Schoolkate and Li Tu fell in need of bolstering Australia’s main-draw presence. Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin downed Schoolkate 6-4 6-4 whereas Japanese high seed Yoshihito Nishioka prevailed over Tu 6-3 2-6 6-4.
Day 2 preview: Thompson faces Italy’s Davis Cup hero, Hon and Birrell sq. off
Former world No.6 Matteo Berrettini continues his resurgence on Monday following a foot harm that derailed his 2023 season when he contests his first match since serving to steer Italy to its second successive Davis Cup.
The 28-year-old broke Australian hearts when he narrowly snuck previous Thanasi Kokkinakis to ship the Italians by way of to the ultimate in Malaga final month.
He’ll bid to take action once more when he meets eighth seed Jordan Thompson within the second match on PRA.
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Berrettini downed the Sydneysider within the opening spherical of the 2019 US Open earlier than both had reached their respective peaks on tour.
For the second day in a row, an all-Australian conflict will open the day session at PRA when qualifier Priscilla Hon meets a fellow Queenslander, world No.113 Kimberly Birrell, for the eighth time.
World No.167 Hon didn’t drop a set in qualifying and can carry a 5-2 ledger in any respect ranges into the encounter. Wildcard Birrell, nonetheless, claimed the pair’s solely WTA-level conflict in Seoul in 2022.
World No.64 Chris O’Connell will try to beat a rankings hole of 23 locations when he meets big-serving American Alex Michelsen within the first spherical on Present Court docket 1.
The 20-year-old Michelsen claimed their solely prior assembly in Tokyo this yr.
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