Emerson Jones was one in every of 5 Australians to progress to the second spherical of Wimbledon 2025 qualifying on Day 2.
Roehampton, UK, 25 June 2025 | Jackson Mansell & Rhys de Deugd
Australia’s second-round contingent in Wimbledon 2025 qualifying has expanded after 5 ladies progressed on Tuesday.
Emerson Jones, Talia Gibson, Priscilla Hon, Destanee Aiava, and Arina Rodionova helped take Australia’s tally to 9 within the second spherical ar Roehampton, in spite of everything recorded victories on Day 2.
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In her senior Wimbledon qualifying debut, Jones upset eighth seed Antonia Ruzic 6-1 0-6 6-0 in a seesawing battle. For the fifth time in 9 matches, the 16-year-old responded within the third set after dropping the second.
“I’ve had a couple of second-set losses [and gone on to win] during the last couple of months. So, I’ve all the time acquired myself again as much as profitable the third,” she mentioned. “I really feel fairly assured in third units now, I feel, as a result of I’ve performed so many. I used to be simply telling myself, I’ve acquired to in all probability ‘up my sport’ a bit to win the third.”
Jones faces 20-year-old Serbian Lola Radivojevic within the subsequent spherical of qualifying, as she continues her journey towards Wimbledon after reaching final yr’s women’ singles remaining.
Australia’s highest-seeded lady in qualifying, Gibson, had it a bit simpler in her first-round encounter, claiming a straight-sets victory inside 83 minutes over Spaniard Andrea Lazaro Garcia.
The 21-year-old hopes an additional 12 months of expertise on tour will assist override her loss within the remaining spherical of Wimbledon 2024 qualifying.
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“Final yr was my first time taking part in Wimbledon, so I used to be a bit of bit nervous,” she mentioned. “I feel this time round, I’ve developed my sport lots higher, and the identical factor with my mindset. [I’m] popping out this time, simply actually making an attempt to be as calm as attainable and once more, simply get pleasure from it and belief in my potential.”
Aiava’s three-set win over AO 2022 junior champion Petra Marcinko snapped a four-match dropping streak for the Aussie whereas persevering with her spectacular Grand Slam season. She certified for Australian Open 2025 and reached the second spherical, then earned a wildcard to compete in the primary draw at Roland Garros.
Rodionova, who just lately beat Aiava in Queen’s Membership qualifying, accomplished a straight units victory to take one step nearer to qualifying for Wimbledon for a 3rd time.
Hon’s three-set win over Elena Pridankina helped re-write the script after dropping on the identical stage of Wimbledon qualifying in a third-set tiebreak final yr, and sends her into the second spherical at Roehampton for the sixth time.
In the meantime, Maddison Inglis virtually grew to become the sixth Australian victor on Tuesday, falling 12-10 in an agonisingly-tense final-set tiebreak. She was one in every of 5 Aussies who bowed out on Day 2.
9 Australians will likely be in motion when second-round qualifying begins in Roehampton on Wednesday.
AUSSIES IN ACTION: WIMBLEDON QUALIFYING
DAY 2 RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Emerson Jones [AUS] d [8] Antonia Ruzic [CRO] 6-1 0-6 6-0
[24] Talia Gibson [AUS] d Andrea Lazaro Garcia [ESP] 6-3 6-3
[30] Priscilla Hon [AUS] d Elena Pridankina 7-5 3-6 6-1
Destanee Aiava [AUS] d Petra Marcinko [CRO] 6-4 5-7 6-3
Arina Rodionova [AUS] d Gao Xinyu [CHN] 6-3 7-5
Panna Udvardy [HUN] d [31] Daria Saville [AUS] 7-6(2) 6-1
Valentina Ryser [SUI] d Astra Sharma [AUS] 6-4 7-6(2)
Petra Martic [CRO] d Maddison Inglis [AUS] 6-2 3-6 7-6(10)
[4] Anastasia Zakharova d Lizette Cabrera [AUS] 6-4 2-6 6-3
Julia Riera [ARG] d Taylah Preston [AUS] 6-4 6-2
COMING UP ON DAY 3
Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
[2] Tristan Schoolkate [AUS] v Benjamin Hassan [LBN]
Li Tu [AUS] v Sho Shimabukuro [JPN]
James McCabe [AUS] v [21] Roman Andres Burruchaga [ARG]
Alex Bolt [AUS] v [10] Elliot Spizziri [USA]
Ladies’s qualifying singles, second spherical
[24] Talia Gibson [AUS] v Arianne Hartono [NED]
[30] Priscilla Hon [AUS] v Leonie Kung [HKG]
Destanee Aiava [AUS] v Panna Udvardy [HUN]
Emerson Jones [AUS] v Lola Radivojevic [SRB]
Arina Rodionova [AUS] v [15] Elsa Jacquemot [FRA]
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