Australian Emerson Jones, teaming with Italian Vittoria Paganetti, advances to her first ladies’ doubles quarterfinal at Grand Slam degree.
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The final Australian to achieve this stage in a Roland Garros ladies’ doubles draw was Jaimee Fourlis in 2016.
Jones and Paganetti, a 17-year-old ranked No.35, will face the event’s second seeds, British pair Hannah Klugman and Mingge Xu, within the subsequent spherical. World No.6 Klugman and world No.8 Xu had been ladies’ doubles semifinalists on the Australian Open earlier this 12 months.
In boys’ doubles motion, Emerson’s older brother Hayden Jones bowed out within the second spherical alongside France’s Charlie Camus.
Pavle Marinkov, an 18-year-old from Sydney, additionally misplaced within the second spherical together with his British associate Oliver Bonding.
These outcomes imply that for the second consecutive Grand Slam event, Emerson Jones is the final remaining Australian junior. On the Australian Open earlier this 12 months, she grew to become the primary Aussie to achieve a ladies’ singles last in 16 years.
Aussies in motion – Roland Garros
RESULTS
Women’ doubles, second spherical
[5] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) d Eliska Tichackova (CZE)/Lucie Urbanova (CZE) 6-4 7-6(4)
Boys’ doubles, second spherical
[6] Viktor Frydrych (GBR)/Mees Rottgering (NED) d Pavle Marinkov (AUS)/Oliver Bonding (GBR) 6-7(2) 6-1 [10-5]
Timofei Derepasko/Amir Omarkhanov (KAZ) d [5] Hayden Jones (AUS)/Charlie Camus (FRA) 7-6(4) 6-2
COMING UP
Women’ doubles, quarterfinals
[5] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) v [2] Hannah Klugman (GBR)/Mingge Xu (GBR)
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