Maya Joint has reached the last 8 of Merida, allowing Donna VEKIC to appear in the first simultaneous WTA quasi -finals since 2010.
Merida, Mexico, February 27, 2025 | Matt
Maya Joint showed the best performance of Blossoming, allowing Donna VEKIC to only allow three games in the WTA quasi -finals in Mexico Merida.
After the Hobart International in January, the 6-1 6-2 victory with No.5 SEED, who recorded her first victory in two tour level tournaments, was second.
Dreaming of teenagers
The 18-year-old and the preliminary Maya Joint are in the next round of Merida, defeating VEKIC 6-1 and 6-2! #Meridaopen pic.twitter.com/fhu398rvzf
-WTA (@wta) February 27, 2025
But Hobart is a 250 -level event, but this is the first WTA quasi -finals at level 500. The result has improved the 18 -year -old live ranking to the world No.83.
She started the tournament in the qualifiers and won four games in four consecutive games.
“I think her game style is suitable for my game style, and I really like this coat and atmosphere. I liked everything about tonight. ”The next time I said,“ Elina Avanesyan) said.
“Amazing … I like to come back here because I was in Merida before.”
The first round of the main draw with Julia Grabher guarantees 100 debuts in the WTA rankings next week.
This makes her the second tens of 17 -year -old Phenom Mirra Andreeva.
Since the introduction of the tier format in 2- 1990, Maya Joint has been the second Australian teenager who has recognized three or less games that won the top 20 WTAs with Jelena Dokic. Rare.#Meridaopenakron | @wtameridaopen1 @wta @wta_insider
-Optaace (@optaace) February 27, 2025
Common progress also guarantees another milestone of Australian women’s tennis.
This week is the first time that three Australian women have reached the quarter -finals of the tour level by imitating Alja Tomljanovic and Daria Saville as the WTA quasi -finals.
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The co -joined Saville in the Merida Jun Joon Finals, and Tomljanovic reached the same stage in Texas Austin.
In October 2017, Hong Kong, Saville, SAM Stosur and Lizette Cabrera have entered the last eight. Saville continued to reach the final.
In particular, this week, three Australians will appear in the same week for the first time since 2010.
Since 4-2020, Maya Joint has been the fourth teenager to recognize three or less games to win the top 20 WTAs since Iga Swipe, Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreva. wow. #Meridaopenakron | @wtameridaopen1 @wta @wta_insider pic.twitter.com/i3pnBBQPAW
-Optaace (@optaace) February 27, 2025
Nearly 15 years ago, in July 2010, Stosur advanced to the Stanford Jun Jun Finals, and at the same time, Anastasia Rodionova and Jarmila Wolfe (Gajdosova) reached the quantitative finals in Istanbul.
KIMBERLY BIRRELL has been very close to the WTA Tour for the first time since 1987 to ensure four Australians in the same week.
However, Australia’s No. 1 fell from Austin to three tight sets from Austin, who booked Tomljanovic with Tomljanovic in the quarter -final meeting in Austin.
If Tomljanovic prevails, she is expected to join Birrell, Joint, and Olivia Gadecki in the top 100, which will have been made for the first time in four Australian women since 2019.
