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Australian wildcard Maya Joint stunned fourth seed Magda Linette with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win to advance to her first WTA quarter-final at the Hobart International on Wednesday.
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The 18-year-old, ranked No. 118, will now face American Sofia Kenin in the next round at Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre.
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Joint’s impressive win came after a solid 6-2, 6-3 victory over Serb Olga Danilovic in the previous round.
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Linette, ranked No. 38, had defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in her opening match at the tournament.
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Other second-round results from the Hobart WTA 250 event include:
- Sofia Kenin defeated Anna Blinkova 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
- McCartney Kessler beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) 6-2, 6-2
Upcoming matches:
- Renata Zarazua vs. Elise Mertens
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Anna Bondar
- Camila Osorio vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Ann Li
- Greet Minnen vs. Elina Avanesyan
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