Published on 01/19/2025 07:16
by Jérémy Ernou
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Modified on 01/19/2025
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American Emma Navarro and Russian Daria Kasatkina will face off on Monday morning for a place in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, which will be a first for either player.
For 2 seasons now, Emma Navarro has been making constant progress and could consider being a credible candidate for a Grand Slam tournament in the future. Semi-finalist at the last US Open, the American entered the world top 10 and intends not to leave it. And despite a laborious preparation with disappointing results in Brisbane and Adelaide, the New Yorker was able to raise her level of play in Melbourne. But the 8th player at the WTA did not have an easy match, with victories acquired in 3 sets against her compatriot Peyton Stearns, the Chinese Xiyu Wang then the Tunisian Ons Jabeur. 3 mental successes for Emma Navarro who will probably still have to battle during this round of 16 against Daria Kasatkina.
-Like her opponent, the Russian will play her first round of 16 of her career in Australia. But unlike the American, the 10th player in the world was completely in control during the first week. No sets conceded against the Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the Chinese Yafan Wang and the Kazakh Yuliia Putintseva, and only 12 games left to her opponents. If the physical advantage will be on the side of Daria Kasatkina, the Russian will have to compete with Emma Navarro on the mental level to get her ticket to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
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