Emma Navarro, again, found a way to win a match that went the distance in the third round of the Australian Open.
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur was eliminated from Australian Open in the third round after losing to American Emma Navarro 4-6, 6-3, 4-6
Iga Swiatek thrashed Rebecca Sramkova to continue her unique grand slam streak, while Emma Raducanu secured a hard-fought win over Amanda Anisimova to make it to the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the first time.
Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 of the Australian Open, where Jannik Sinner will later step up his title defence and young tyro
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The only women's match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu on Saturday.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner raced to victory at the Australian Open on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 as Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu.
Iga Swiatek romped into a third-round showdown with Emma Raducanu in the Australian Open on Thursday while Taylor Fritz was just as emphatic in his pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam title.
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
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.
Second-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland trounced Great Britain's Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-0 on Saturday to advance to the Round of 32. Swiatek held serve to open the match, and Raducanu did so in the next game. Raducanu never won another game, and she never managed a break point on Swiatek's serve in the match.
The unseeded Gael Monfils, who hit a career-high ranking of six in 2016 but is now 41st, is enjoying a late-career flourish at the Australian Open.