Seoul, South Korea, 18 September 2025 | Ian Chadband, AAP
Maya Joint continues to be getting her teenage kicks in a spectacular breakthrough season, defeating former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in straight units on the Korea Open.
The 19-year-old, with two titles below her belt already this season, trounced the world No.28 6-3 6-1 to breeze into her fifth quarterfinal of 2025.
Aside from being damaged in her opening service sport, Joint dominated Kenin for the second time this season, simply as she had achieved on the Hobart Worldwide in January with the identical scoreline.
The world No.46 broke Kenin’s serve 5 occasions earlier than she served out to like for a dominant victory in an hour and 5 minutes.
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It units up a quarterfinal on the WTA 500 match with Denmark’s No.3 seed Clara Tauson, who beat German Eva Lys 6-2 7-6(4).
The world No.12 Tauson defeated Joint in straight units in the beginning of the yr in a Canberra WTA 125 occasion. Each have climbed significantly within the rankings since.
World No.16 Daria Kasatkina seeks to hitch Joint within the quarterfinals when she faces Czech Katerina Siniakova on Thursday.
In the meantime, Chris O’Connell loved a shiny begin to the Chengdu Open in China. He got here from behind to defeat Frenchman Quentin Halys 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.
The 31-year-old Sydneysider will subsequent face 20-year-old Chinese language prospect Zhou Yi, who upset No.5 seed Cameron Norrie.
Jordan Thompson can also be within the Chengdu area and can start his marketing campaign towards Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo on Thursday.
On the Hangzhou Open, Rinky Hijikata received his remaining qualifying match 6-2 7-5 towards American Brandon Holt to hitch Australian colleagues Adam Walton and Aleksandar Vukic in the principle draw.
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