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.
Top 10 players Elena Rybakina, Emma Navarro and Daria Kasatkina all moved into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday.
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.
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
Eighth-seeded Emma Navarro received a stern test from another NCAA singles champion before emerging with a first-round win at the Australian Open. Navarro, the 2021 NCAA champ for Virginia, got past Peyton Stearns, the 2022 NCAA champ for Texas, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.
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.
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.
Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini wasted little ... Chinese qualifier Wei Sijia in an hour and 13 minutes. Eighth seed Emma Navarro had a very different afternoon against fellow American Peyton ...
Coverage: Live radio commentary on Tennis Breakfast from 07:00 GMT on BBC 5 Sports Extra, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app Elena Rybakina says she ... American eighth seed Emma Navarro joked she "can't resist" going the distance ...
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.
Eighth-seeded Emma Navarro received a stern test from another ... In contrast to Navarro's marathon match, sixth-seeded Elena Rybakina cruised to a first-round win in 53 minutes.
Spain's world No. 11 Paula Badosa beat No. 3 Coco Gauff at the Australian Open on Monday, marking the US tennis star's first loss of 2025.