Well, the race for Makenna Jones of the Quinta ended on Sunday.
The 27-year-old double player, whose parents manage the Tennis program at the Rancho La Quinta Country Club, lost his second match with McCartney Kessler at the BNP Paribas Open, 6-2, 6-3, against Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Zhang inside an packaged stadium 5 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Jones, who lived with his parents at the Quinta last year During the rehabilitation of a torn ACL And the meniscus in his right knee, received an entrance from Joker in the double -way print of women. In a field to get the Joker, she said that the tournament could sell some more tickets if she was playing.
It turns out that she was perhaps right.
While a crowd of about 400 watched Jones and Kessler beat the American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Marie Bouzkova from Cnoecchia Inside Stadium 6 Friday, the size of the crowd more than doubled on Sunday inside stadium 5.
The fans applauded Jones and Kessler, some waving signs, but the magic of Friday match was not there, because the pair of Americans would face one of the best teams of the draw.
Su-Wei and Shuai are in fifth row and will go to Jelena Ostapenko and Ellen Perez, the fourth seeded.
Jones had no illusions what to do a race for the final at Indian Wells would be easy. She said on Friday, after her victory, that it is a difficult draw because it is one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
However, she also said that she wanted to show that she could play at this level and do something with the Joker she had received.
It is fair to say that she did it.
“Returning from my injury,” said Jones, “I didn’t know if they wanted to give me a joker. I was not expecting anything. I felt super grateful that they did it and it was a really cool moment to do it with everyone supporting.”
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: The Makenna Jones of the Quinta lost in the second double match of the Indian Wells
