Jasmine Paolini has reached the third spherical of the Australian Open 2025, after beating Renata Zarazu in straight units, with a rating of 6-2 6-3.
Final season, the Italian gained for the primary time in her profession two consecutive matches in a Main proper in Melbourne. This yr, after two Slam finals in singles and an Olympic gold medal in doubles, she has reached a brand new consciousness in her tennis and in her confidence.
Jasmine’s path will now cross with that of Elina Svitolina, within the extremely anticipated match for the entry to the 4th spherical and the second week of the Joyful Slam.
Jasmine Paolini© Instagram Australian Open – Truthful Use
After qualifying for the third spherical the place she’s going to problem the Ukrainian, Jasmine analyzed within the publish match: “I was a bit nervous and tense at the beginning of the match, I started with a double fault and immediately took a break. Then little by little I loosened up and found my game.
But it wasn’t a very easy match because with her the ball always comes back and one of the goals was not to get caught up in the rush. Playing the evening session on a court like that is a beautiful feeling; when I wasn’t seeded I always hoped not to play on those courts because it meant immediately facing a very high seed.
I always said: it would be nice to play there because of myself and not because of my opponent. Now I try to enjoy it, I consider it a privilege. I trained with Svitolina a couple of times but I’ve never played against her and I don’t know what to expect. She has a lot of experience at a high level, I know it will be a difficult match.”
Paolini d. Zarazua 6-2 6-3 at Australian Open
One other win for Jasmine… she does that quite a bit nowadays.
Final yr, she reached her 1st Slam R3 right here.
1 yr later, she does it once more.
✅4-1 in 2025
She’s turned herself into one heck of a tennis participant.
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— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) January 16, 2025
