Australia's Maya Joint defeats Emma Raducanu at Eastbourne International ahead of Wimbledon

Australia's Maya Joint has defeated former US Open champion Emma Raducanu at the pre-Wimbledon Eastbourne International.

Joint's 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) win booked a quarterfinal berth on the same day six of her compatriots reached the final round of Wimbledon qualifying.

The 19-year-old is already in the women's main draw at Wimbledon but could be joined by world number 209 Emerson Jones.

Jones must beat France's Diane Parry in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying to become the youngest Australian to make the women's main draw since Ash Barty in 2012.

After losing the first set to 38th-ranked Raducanu, Joint dominated her opponent, winning 11 of the next 14 games to move into a 5-2 lead in the deciding set.

Raducanu, the 2021 US Open winner, fought back, breaking Joint three times.

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But Joint held her nerve to force a tiebreak, before delivering a fantastic off-balance backhand to earn match point at 6-4.

She served her third ace of the match for one of the best wins in a burgeoning career that has seen her jump from 1,384 in the world 18 months ago to her current ranking of 51.

Joint will move inside the top 50 if she can beat Russian world number 69 Anna Blinkova in the quarterfinals.

"Today was really tough, there was a lot of up and downs, lot of momentum switches, but I'm really glad that I was able to tough it out in the end," said Joint, who had lost to Raducanu on clay at the Italian Open.

"I'm really glad I was able to win this one. I definitely try to hit the lines. Doesn't always work, so I'm glad it worked today.

"But I think I'm an aggressive player, I like to use my backhand and am trying to learn how to play all-court."

Meanwhile at Roehampton, 16-year-old Jones, Talia Gibson, Priscilla Hon, Alex Bolt, Li Tu and James McCabe all booked places in the final round of qualifying for Wimbledon.

Jones is on the verge of her first main-draw appearance at a major outside Australia after beating Serbian Lola Radivojević 6-4, 6-4.

There is the prospect of 19 Australians earning spots in the singles draws for Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.

AAP

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