Australia’s Maya Joint Holds Her Nerve To Reach Us Open Second Round

Maya Joint’s bonzer 2025 occurrence communicative has begun its latest section connected different affirmative statement pinch nan fearless Australian youngster successfully negotiating her opening US Open conflict astatine Flushing Meadows.

Having mislaid her erstwhile 3 first-round matches astatine this year’s expansive slams – nan only negatives successful a superb two-title twelvemonth for nan 19-year-old Queensland-based subordinate – Joint was delighted to get past Andorran qualifier Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-4 7-6 (8-6) connected Tuesday.

The US-born world No 43, who made her first important people astatine past year’s tourney erstwhile she made nan 2nd round, has rocketed up nan rankings since she started nan 2024 play astatine No.684 successful nan world, pinch her knowledgeable BJK Cup teammate Ajla Tomljanovic saying there’s nary ceiling to what she mightiness achieve.

On Tuesday, she again demonstrated her good temperament arsenic world No 130 Kasintseva, different good young talent astatine nan property of conscionable 20, put connected nan unit successful a 66-minute 2nd set, doubly earning group points astatine 5-3 and past again successful nan tiebreak astatine 6-5.

But Joint reeled disconnected nan past 3 points to seal nan triumph and group up a second-round conflict pinch either compatriot Kim Birrell aliases Wimbledon finalist, No 8 seed Amanda Anisimova, who were facing disconnected connected nan Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Joint will beryllium seeking to scope nan 3rd information of a slam for nan first clip successful her fledgling profession nearing nan extremity of a play erstwhile she won her first tournaments, connected clay astatine nan Morocco Open and connected writer astatine Eastbourne.