Brazilian Bia Haddad Maia will return to the courts next Saturday (9), still without set hours, for the second round of Cincinnati’s WTA 1000, in the United States. Her rival will be 19 -year -old Australian Maya Joint.
Born in the United States, Maya is the daughter of Australian father and has represented the country since 2023. At the end of that year, she pledged to the University of Texas, but later gave up on university tennis to focus on the professional.
Grand Slams debutant last year, Joint is on the rise in his career. Since January, she has jumped from the 118th place from the simple ranking from the current 45th overall place.
The Australian won two titles in the season: Rabat’s WTA 250 in Morocco and Eastbourne, England. In addition, in the pairs, Maya arrived in the third round of Wimbledon in 2025, thrown alongside compatriot Kimberly Birrell.
current number 21 in the world, and Maya Joint never faced each other in the WTA circuit. In the doubles key, the Brazilian will play with the German Laura Siegemund, in a match that should also take place on Saturday (9). The opponents will be Elise Mertens from Belgium and Veronika Kudermetova from Russia.
