{"id":7839,"date":"2024-03-15T10:33:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T02:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T02:34:05","slug":"navarro-surprises-second-seeded-sabalenka-and-gauff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tennis\/navarro-surprises-second-seeded-sabalenka-and-gauff\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauff easily defeats Mertens at Indian Wells, while Navarro stuns second-seeded Sabalenka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emma Navarro achieved the biggest victory of her career, upsetting world no. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, and making her first-ever trip to the Indian Wells tournament quarterfinals. In the meantime, Coco Gauff defeated Elise Mertens 6-0, 6-2 to celebrate turning 20 years old in style.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facing the powerful serve of Sabalenka, Navarro remained composed and capitalized on four out of five break-point opportunities in windy conditions. Despite dropping the second set, Navarro maintained her focus and clinched victory in the decider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navarro&#8217;s resilient performance earned her a quarter-final showdown with ninth seed Maria Sakkari of Greece, who secured her spot with a hard-fought 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win over Diane Parry of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennis Full Results<\/a> | Schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka | 2024 Indian Wells Round of 16 | WTA Match Highlights\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3CFaSuqzzXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting on her stunning victory, Navarro expressed gratitude to the supportive crowd and acknowledged the challenge posed by her experienced opponent. Sabalenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, praised Navarro&#8217;s potential and predicted a bright future for the rising star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Four blockbuster men\u2019s singles quarterfinals ? <br><br>Who\u2019s moving on \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndianWells?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#IndianWells<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TennisParadise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TennisParadise<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j6NJGT1CTj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/j6NJGT1CTj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNPPARIBASOPEN\/status\/1768122353123578171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Gauff delivered a commanding performance on her birthday, overpowering Mertens with her aggressive play. With the win, Gauff advanced to the quarter-finals where she will face unseeded Yue Yuan of China. Yuan, who recently claimed her maiden WTA title, staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Russian 11th seed Daria Kasatkina in three sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the tournament progresses, Navarro and Gauff continue to showcase their talent and determination, setting the stage for exciting matches in the upcoming rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Navarro achieved the biggest victory of her career, upsetting world no. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, and making her first-ever trip to the Indian Wells tournament quarterfinals. In the meantime, Coco Gauff defeated Elise Mertens 6-0, 6-2 to celebrate turning 20 years old in style.&nbsp; Facing the powerful serve of Sabalenka, Navarro remained&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Emma Navarro achieved the biggest victory of her career, upsetting world no. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, and making her first-ever trip.","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2328,2641,2996,270,19,105],"class_list":["post-7839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-indian-wells-wta-singles","tag-navarro-emma","tag-parry-diane","tag-sabalenka-aryna","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7850,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions\/7850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}