The American Emma Navarroeighth seed, defeated Russian Daria Kasatkinaninth, by 6-4, 5-7 and 7-5 and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Australian Openwhere he will be seen alongside one of the main favourites, the Polish Iga Swiatek.
Navarro once again improved his record in Melbournewith his most notable performance so far being last year’s round of 32. Also in 2024 he will be present in the second round of Roland Garros, in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and in the semifinals of the United States Open, in a demonstration of his solvency on any type of surface.
Both Navarro and Kasatkina have serious problems with their servicewhich conditioned their chances of winning and led to constant alternations on the scoreboard.
The first two sets were decided by small details. The match may be in favor of Navarro who is in the eighth game of the third setwhen the North American had seven breaking points. Kasatkina saved them all. It was in the twelfth that the American gave his point and scored the game, after two hours and 43 minutes of play.
She will play in search of the semifinals against Swiatek, world number 2, who passed like a steamroller over German Eva Lys, who recovered from the previous stage, 6-0 and 6-1.
Source: La Verdad

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