Navarro edges out Osoria to make Monterrey Open quarters
Emma Navarro to face Magdalena Frech in the Monterrey Open last eight
Emma Navarro 2024 Elyxandro Cegarra / Panoramic
Emma Navarro from the United States edged out Colombia’s Camila Osorio 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) to reach the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open at Sonoma Club on Wednesday.
Navarro and Osorio battled hard as the two broke each other five times during the three-setter that stretched to two hours and 50 minutes. This was notably their first meeting on the tour.
The American entered the Monterrey draw as the second seed and received a bye in the first round. Osorio, on the other hand, beat Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2, 7-6 (3) in her opener.
The world No 13, will clash with Poland’s Magdalena Frech next.
In terms of head-to-head, Navarro is tied with the Pole at 1-1. The two battled for the first time in the opening round of the 2023 US Open, where Frech claimed a 7-6(10), 1-6, 6-2 win. Navarro responded with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in the second round of Hobart International in January this year.
Monterrey WTA 500, other second-round results:
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (3) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-3, 6-4
- Magdalena Frech beat Lina Glushko (LL): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1
- Elina Svitolina (5) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-3
- Linda Noskova (6) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (11)
- Yue Yuan (7) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
- Lulu Sun beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2)
- Erika Andreeva beat Danielle Collins (1): 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
