No.8 seed Emma Navarro made it three three-set wins in as many matches at the Australian Open by outlasting three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur in the third round.
Four Americans - Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, and Emma Navarro - currently occupy a top 10 spot in the WTA rankings.
US Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro credited her billionaire father for teaching her "toughness" as beat Ons Jabeur to reach the fourth round, The No.8 seed won 6-4 3-6 6-4 - her third straight three-set match. She is now a Tour-high of 23-9 in three-set matches since the start of 2024.
Seven Americans made it through to the second week of the 2025 Australian Open. Some of the fourth-round participants are obvious, like Emma Navarro
She will next play Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, who beat Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 earlier on Jan 20. Read more at straitstimes.com.
No. 19 seed Madison Keys scored the big upset on Day 9 of the Australian Open, defeating No. 6 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at Margaret Court Arena to advance to the tournament quarterfinals.
Second seed Iga Swiatek charged into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-1 6-0 humbling of Emma Raducanu in a meeting of former U.S. Open champions at a sunny Melbourne Park on Saturday.
Emma Navarro, the eighth seed from the United States, joined the Pole in the next round with a gritty three-set win over Ons Jabeur. Sixth seed Elena Rybakina also advanced despite a back problem. "I felt like the ball is listening to me," Swiatek said ...
The German's reward for her history-making victory will be a meeting with world number two Iga Swiatek, who made light work of Emma Raducanu in her third-round match.
Coverage: Live radio commentary on Tennis Breakfast from 07:00 GMT on BBC 5 Sports Extra, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app Elena Rybakina says she will need some "magic ...
Australian Open quarterfinals are set. Four more men and women booked their spots in the final eight on Monday, including three seeded
Coverage: Live radio commentary on Tennis Breakfast from 07:00 GMT on BBC 5 Sports Extra, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app Elena Rybakina says she ... American eighth seed Emma Navarro joked she "can't resist" going the distance ...