Maya Joint makes mockery of rankings with big win in Tokyo
Maya Joint has made a mockery of the tennis rankings with an impressive display to uproot one of the top seeds at the Pan Pacific Open event in Tokyo.
Maya Joint upset expectations by defeating world number 16 Romania's Sorana Cirstea in the Pan Pacific Open event held in Tokyo. The Australian player, ranked 94th, advanced to the round of 16 where she will face Spain's Cristina Bucșa. Joint's 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory over the top seed demonstrated that rankings do not always reflect a player's true strength.
This impressive win marked Joint's continued resurgence after making the final at the Korea Open in Seoul earlier this month, where she lost to compatriot Kim Birrell. Joint's next opponent is 42nd-ranked Spanish player Cristina Bucșa, who recently beat France's Diane Parry. Meanwhile, fellow Australian Talia Gibson advanced to the round of 16 after defeating fellow Australian qualifier Daria Kasatkina.
Elsewhere, in the Guangzhou Open, Venus Williams was defeated by Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in straight sets, marking the largest age difference between opponents in a WTA Tour match.
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