San Diego Open: Navarro battles through to quarter-finals
Emma Navarro won against Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 and will face Australian qualifier Daria Saville in the next round
Elyxandro Cegarra / Panoramic
American Emma Navarro, the No 3 seed, reached the last 8 of the San Diego Open by winning against Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the Barnes Tennis Center on Thursday night.
Navarro, ranked No 26, will face Australian qualifier Daria Saville next.
Siniakova, ranked No 43, beat Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the San Diego tournament.
San Diego WTA 500, other second-round matches (Barnes Tennis Center, hard, USD 922,573):
- Donna Vekic (7) beat Marina Stakusic (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Anna Blinkova beat Dayana Yastremska (5): 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Jule Niemeier (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Katie Boulter beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (2): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Daria Saville beat Tatjana Maria: 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (6) beat Taylah Preston (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Xinyu Wang
