Arabic version: مايا جوينت تتقدم مع خروج الأستراليين في ممفيس

According to ABC News, Maya Joint kept Australia’s campaign alive at the Memphis Open, defeating American wildcard Whitney Osuigwe 6-4, 6-1 in a round-of-16 match.

The world number 77 took a tick over 90 minutes to secure the straight-sets win. The 20-year-old lost her serve twice during a 45-minute opening set, but recovered to claim it before breaking Osuigwe three times in the second set.

Joint will play either top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova or fellow Russian Kristina Liutova for a place in the quarterfinals. She previously won tournaments in Rabat and Eastbourne last year and reached a career-best world ranking of 28 in February.

Australia’s other players were beaten. Talia Gibson lost 6-0, 6-3 to Germany’s Tatjana Maria, while Storm Hunter was defeated 7-5, 7-5 by fifth-seeded Colombian Camila Osorio.

Kimberly Birrell is scheduled to face China’s Ma Yexin in the singles draw on Tuesday after losing her first-round doubles match with American Peyton Stearns. Swiss third seed Viktorija Golubic was also eliminated by American Katie Volynets in three sets.