MELBOURNE, Jan 20 — Emma Navarro said she was just “staying alive” after winning a fourth consecutive three-set marathon to set up an Australian Open quarter-final against...
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Japan’s Seven Bank expands into Malaysia, aims for 100 units of cash recycling machines at 7-Eleven stores this yearUSA’s Emma Navarro hits a return against Russia’s Daria Kasatkina during their women’s singles match on day nine of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 20, 2025. — AFP picMELBOURNE, Jan 20 — Emma Navarro said she was just “staying alive” after winning a fourth consecutive three-set marathon to set up an Australian Open quarter-final against Iga Swiatek.
The American eighth seed eventually beat Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 in 2hr 40min after blowing three match points in the second set. “They played that song that goes ‘staying alive’ at 5-4 in the third set,” said Navarro, who created an astonishing 25 break points only to see her Russian opponent save 16 of them.
“And I kind of felt like that was really appropriate this whole tournament,” added Navarro, the US Open semi-finalist last year who is into her maiden quarter-final at Melbourne Park.Navarro has spent more than 10 hours on court this year in Melbourne in her four three-setters, five-and-half-hours more than second seed Swiatek who has dropped only 11 games in the tournament. — AFP
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