The American Emma Navarro She defeated her compatriot Madison Keys, fourth seed, 6-2, 7-5 (5) this Tuesday and qualified for the round of 16 of the WTA Master 1,000 in Guadalajara.
With an exact return and service that did not suffer a break and a fast game that neutralized the aggressiveness of the favorite, Navarro took advantage of his rival’s 18 unforced errors and took the first set, with breaks in the first and fifth games.
Keys, a semi-finalist at the US Open, showed the aggressive tennis for which she is known on the circuit and broke for the first time in the second set, but could not confirm and, although she improved, she lost 7-5 in the ‘tie break’.
In the top 16 phase, Navarro will face the Canadian Leylah FernandezUS Open finalist in 2021, defeating Belgian Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4.
“I’m excited to play with him, we’ve had great games,” said Navarro.
The victory of the American, number 49 in the world list, was one of the two most famous records of the third date of the Guadalajara Open, which takes place on hard courts with a prize of $2,788,468.
Another unexpected result was the Colombian victory Emiliana Arangowho in his first 1,000 masters tournament defeated the American 6-1, 6-2 Sloane Stephens, 2017 US Open champion.
Arango will compete in the next round against American Taylor Townsend, who defeated her compatriot Elvina Kalieva 6-1, 7-6(3).
This Tuesday the Tunisian Ons Jabeur and the Greek María Sakkari They are confirmed as the two main favorites of the tournament.
Jabeur, the seventh-ranked racket in the world, needed just 59 minutes to beat American Alycia Parks 6-2, 6-3, who made 49 unforced errors and showed ups and downs in her serve. In the round of 16, the Wimbledon finalist will face Italian Marta Trevisan.
Sakkari, ranked ninth, defeated Australian Storm Hunter 6-2, 6-4 in 1h 19 and will face Italian Camila Giorgi in the third round, who beat the Spaniard 6-1, 6-2 Cristina Bucsa.
The French Carolina Garcia, third seed, raised two points against for the match and defeated Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich and the Latvian 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 Jelena Ostapenko, sixth seed, eliminated Ukrainian Marta Koustyuk 6-2, 6-3, in two more good results.
Belarusian l, former world number one, defeated Ukrainian Danana Yastremska 6-4, 7-5(5), and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, eighth seed, defeated Ukrainian 7-6(4), 7-6 ( 8) to the Polish Magdalena Frech, in one of the closest duels of the day.
Source: La Verdad
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