Eastbourne Open: Joint beats Raducanu, advances to last eight
Maya Joint edged out Emma Raducanu 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll face Russian Anna Blinkova in the next round
Maya Joint (Zuma/Panoramic)
Australian Maya Joint reached the last 8 of the Eastbourne Open by edging out No 7 seed Emma Raducanu 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) at the Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Wednesday.
Joint, ranked No 51, will face Russian Anna Blinkova next.
Ahead of her victory, the 19-year-old Australian beat Tunisian Ons Jabeur (7-5, 6-2).
Raducanu, ranked No 38, won against American Ann Li (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.
Eastbourne WTA 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 389.000, most recent results first):
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Francesca Jones
- Alexandra Eala vs. Jelena Ostapenko: wednesday
- Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) beat Peyton Stearns (6): 6-3, 6-4
- Anna Blinkova beat Lulu Sun: 6-3, 6-3
- Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Rebecca Sramkova (8): 7-5, 6-3
- Barbora Krejcikova (2) beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 7-5, 7-5
