Hobart, Australia, 8 January 2025 | AAP
Rising Australian teenager Maya Joint has scored two career-best wins in two days, and a maiden WTA-level quarterfinal berth in addition.
The 18-year-old, ranked world No.118, defeated the thirty eighth finest participant on the planet Magda Linette 6-1 6-1 within the second spherical of the Hobart Worldwide on Wednesday.
It was the very best win by rating of Joint’s burgeoning profession, topping Tuesday’s spherical one straight-sets victory over world No.53 Olga Danilovic.
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Joint, who surged up the rankings final 12 months after being 773rd on the finish of 2023, had an excessive amount of energy for the fourth seed Linette in a 61-minute demolition.
She is about to play her first Australian Open by way of a wildcard and is the second-highest ranked teenager on the planet behind 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who’s ranked world No.15.
Joint is coming off a second spherical displaying in Brisbane final week the place she took a set off two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka.
Joint mentioned the win over Linette, who’s 14 years her senior, was the very best of her profession.
“I really feel actually good. I’ve performed two actually nice matches (in Hobart) thus far and I need to preserve going,” she enthused. “I like being the underdog and have been making an attempt to maintain the strain off myself.
“I actually like that the season begins in Australia. The house crowd help is absolutely particular.”
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