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Ian Chadband

Teenager Joint shows mettle in gutsy loss to Navarro

Australian teenager Maya Joint gave a top-10 player a run for her money in Madrid. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Maya Joint's impressive adventure at the Madrid Open is over but only after Australia's rising teenage tennis star demonstrated once again that she's able to mix it with the best.

The talented 19-year-old Queenslander, fresh from winning her first ever match at WTA 1000 level the previous day, gave world No.10 Emma Navarro all the trouble she could handle before going down 7-5 7-5 to the American in Thursday's second round at the Caja Magica.

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