Gold Coast prospect Emerson Jones has reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros 2024 women’s doubles with Italian partner Vittoria Paganetti.
Paris, France, June 7, 2024 | Lee Rogers
Emerson Jones becomes the first Australian in 10 years to reach the women’s doubles semifinals at Roland Garros.
The 15-year-old Jones continued her impressive run with Italy’s Vittoria Paganetti, knocking out the second seed in the quarterfinals.
Jones and Paganetti won 6-4, 7-5 against the British combination of Hannah Klugman and Mingge Xu.
This makes world No. 2 Jones the third Australian to reach the women’s doubles semifinals at a clay-court Grand Slam tournament in the last 20 years, and the first to do so since Naikta Baines (now representing Great Britain) in 2014. .
Meanwhile, Matt Ebden’s bid to become the first Australian to reach the men’s doubles final at Roland Garros in 24 years is over.
The 36-year-old from Perth and his Indian partner Rohan Bopana suffered their first Grand Slam loss of the season and were eliminated in the men’s doubles semi-finals.
In a rematch of this year’s Australian Open final, Italy’s Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori came from behind to win 7-5 2-6 6-2.
This ended World No. 3 Ebden’s career-best performance in Paris.
Three Australian players will compete at Roland Garros on Day 13, including Yassine Hill, who has a chance to win his first major title.
After completing the Wheelchair Men’s Singles event, the 17-year-old from Melbourne turned his attention to the Wheelchair Men’s Doubles final. He is teaming with Dutch competitor Ivar Van Rijt, the singles winner.
> Read more: Hill excited to make Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros
Australia in action – Roland Garros
result
Men’s Doubles, Semifinals
[11] Simon Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Babasori (ITA) [2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopana (IND) 7-5 2-6 6-2
Women’s doubles, quarterfinals
[5] Emerson Jones (Australia)/Victoria Paganetti (ITA) d [2] Hannah Klugman (GBR)/Mingge Xu (GBR) 6-4 7-5
Wheelchair men’s singles, semifinals
[2] Ivar van Wright (NED) Yassine Hill (AUS) 6-2 6-0
Coming soon
Women’s Doubles, Semifinals
[5] Emerson Jones (Australia)/Victoria Paganetti (ITA) v [3] Renata Zamlikova (SVK)/Tereza Valentova (CZE)
Quad Wheelchair Doubles, Semifinals
Heath Davidson (AUS)/Donald Lampadi (RSA) v [1] Sam Schröder (NED)/Nils Vinck (NED)
Wheelchair Men’s Doubles, Final
Yassin Hill (AUS)/Ivar Van Rijt (NED) v Ruben Harris (GBR)/Maximilian Taucher (AUT)
> View: Roland Garros Day 13 Schedule
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