Top 10 players Emma Navarro and Daria Kasatkina moved into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday.
No.6 seed Elena Rybakina bested 16-year-old Emerson Jones in the Australian Open first round, while No.8 seed Emma Navarro and No.9 seed Daria Kasatkina took very different paths into the second round.
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.
Australian Open quarterfinals are set. Four more men and women booked their spots in the final eight on Monday, including three seeded
8 Emma Navarro needed 3 hours and 20 minutes and ... By contrast, sixth-seeded Elena Rybakina overpowered 16-year-old Emerson Jones 6-1, 6-1 and No. 9 Daria Kasatkina advanced in straight sets.
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina needed only 53 minutes to storm past junior world No.1 Emerson Jones 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Australian Open.
Elena Rybakina was ranked third in the world ... American eighth seed Emma Navarro, winner of the WTA's Most Improved Player of the Year Award last year, had to come from a set down to beat ...
Elina Svitolina beats fourth seed Jasmine Paolini hours after her husband Gael Monfils beat men's fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
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
In the quarterfinals, Swiatek will meet Emma Navarro, the No. 8 seed ... to reach the final eight when she defeated No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in one hour, 49 minutes.
Eight women remain in the 2025 Australian Open, and three of them are Americans. That group of quarterfinalists is headlined by No. 3 seed Coco Gauff and includes No. 8 Emma Navarro and No. 19 Madison Keys. Sofia Kenin in 2020 was the last American woman to hoist the trophy in Melbourne.
American stars Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton and Madison Keys are still in the draw at the Australian Open -- but who else is? We break it down.