Gold Coast talent Emerson Jones advances to the Roland Garros 2024 girls’ doubles semifinals alongside Italian partner Vittoria Paganetti.
Paris, France, 7 June 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Emerson Jones has become the first Australian in 10 years to advance to a girls’ doubles semifinal at Roland Garros.
The 15-year-old Jones continued her impressive run alongside Italian Vittoria Paganetti, eliminating the No.2 seeds in the quarterfinals.
Jones and Paganetti edged out a 6-4 7-5 victory against British combination Hannah Klugman and Mingge Xu.
This sees world No.2 Jones become only the third Australian in the past 20 years to reach a girls’ doubles semifinal at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament and the first to do so since Naiktha Bains (who now represents Great Britain) in 2014.
Meanwhile, Matt Ebden’s quest to become the first Australian to…
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