Aussie teenagers Maya Joint, Hayden Jones and Alana Subasic have all began the 2024 season strongly.
Australia, 11 March 2024 | Leigh Rogers
The way forward for Australian tennis appears vibrant, with a number of teen skills proving robust to beat up to now in 2024.
The 17-year-old Maya Joint made her fourth singles quarterfinal look of the 12 months this week, bettering her win-loss document to 13-5 at skilled stage up to now in 2024.
One other 17-year-old, Hayden Jones, claimed the most important singles title of his junior profession this week in Thailand. It improves the Gold Coast expertise’s season document at junior stage to 16 wins from 18 matches.
Alana Subasic can also be in red-hot type on the ITF junior tour, with the 16-year-old from Sydney tallying 15 victories from her previous 17 singles matches.
This week’s most excellent performers embrace:
Alex de Minaur: The 25-year-old has charged into the fourth spherical in singles on the ATP Masters 1000 match at Indian Wells (USA). This extends the world No.10’s profitable streak to seven matches.
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Chris O’Connell: The 29-year-old posted his third top-50 victory of the season, defeating world No.37 Jack Draper within the opening spherical at an ATP Masters 1000 match at Indian Wells.
Thanasi Kokkinakis: The 27-year-old eradicated world No.48 Marcos Giron within the first spherical on the ATP Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. This was Kokkinakis’ third top-50 win of the 12 months.
Aleksandar Vukic: The 27-year-old superior to the second spherical at an ATP Masters 1000 occasion for the fourth time in his profession, then prolonged world No.1 Novak Djokovic to 3 units at Indian Wells.
Storm Hunter: The 29-year-old scored her fourth top-100 singles win of the season, beating world No.82 Jaqueline Cristian in qualifying at an WTA 1000 occasion at Indian Wells (USA). Hunter stays alive within the doubles draw with Czech associate Katerina Siniakova.
Ellen Perez: The 28-year-old is thru to the second spherical in doubles on the WTA 1000 match in Indian Wells, extending her profitable streak alongside American associate Nicole Melichar-Martinez to 5 matches.
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Thomas Fancutt: The 29-year-old gained his first ATP Challenger doubles title alongside American Hunter Reese in Kigali (Rwanda). This improves Fancutt’s season document to 17 wins from his 24 matches.
Maya Joint: The 17-year-old progressed to the singles quarterfinals at an ITF 35 match in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Joint additionally progressed to the doubles quarterfinals alongside fellow Aussie Elysia Bolton.
Jacob Bradshaw: The 21-year-old was a singles finalist at an ITF 15 in Heraklion (Greece). This was Bradshaw’s second profession ITF singles last. He was additionally a doubles semifinalist with New Zealand’s Corban Crowther.
Sally Schwartz: The 20-year-old recorded a runner-up end in singles at an ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour occasion in Shah Alam (Malaysia). This was Schwartz’s finest tour-level end result since June 2023.
Anderson Parker: The 26-year-old was a singles semifinalist and doubles finalist (partnering Japan’s ) at the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour occasion in Shah Alam (Malaysia).
Heath Davidson: The 36-year-old progressed to the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals (with Canada’s Robert Shaw) at an ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour occasion in Baton Rouge (USA).
Hayden Jones: The 17-year-old gained the fifth – and largest – junior singles title of his profession at an ITF J300 match in Nonthaburi (Thailand). It’s Jones’ second title in as many weeks.
Alana Subasic: The 16-year-old recorded a runner-up end in singles on the ITF J300 match in Nonthaburi (Thailand). This was Subasic’s fourth consecutive finals look on the ITF junior tour.
Lily Taylor: The 17-year-old superior to the doubles semifinals on the ITF J300 match in Nonthaburi alongside Turkey’s Ada Kumru.
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