Hobart International: Joint upsets Linette to reach first WTA quarter-final

Australian wildcard Maya Joint defeated Pole Magda Linette, the No 4 seed, 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Hobart International on Wednesday.

Joint, ranked No 118, will play American wildcard Sofia Kenin in her first WTA Tour-level quarter-final at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre.

The 18-year-old Australian won against Serb Olga Danilovic (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her win today.

In the previous round of the tournament, Linette, ranked No 38, edged out Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-3, 3-6, 6-4).

Hobart WTA 250, other second-round matches (Hobart ’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 275.094, most recent results first):

• Sofia Kenin beat Anna Blinkova: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• McCartney Kessler beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• 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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