American-born Australian teenager Maya Joint is shaping as the country’s newest tennis star after joining Alexei Popyrin in winning on the US Open’s opening day.
Eighteen-year-old qualifier Maya Joint, who was raised in Michigan but switched nationalities to her Australian father’s birthplace in May last year, upset German veteran Laura Siegemund 6-4, 7-5 in an impressive main draw debut at a major.
Siegemund, who boasts a career-high ranking of No.27, is known as one of the grittiest players on tour, but suddenly unravelled with back-to-back forehand errors then a double fault to fall triple match point down to an opponent half her age.The 36-year-old saved the first of them, but former top-20 junior Joint’s aggression paid dividends one last time.
Joint’s breakout year includes reaching final-round qualifying at the Australian Open, becoming the youngest Australian at 17 to win a $75,000 event at Burnie, another ITF title in Santo Domingo, a maiden top-100 win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova at a WTA 125 in June, plus a first WTA 125 final in Poland in July.
Popyrin blasted 14 aces, lost only three of his 37 first-serve points, and hit almost double as many winners overall as Kwon, who hurt his own cause with 13 double faults and often at the worst times.
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