American Emma Navarro, the No 13 seed, defeated Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 26 seed, with a score of 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the semi-finals of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday evening.
Navarro, who is ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the next round.
Navarro secured victories against Russian Anna Blinkova (6-1, 6-1), Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-1, 6-1), Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 19 seed (6-4, 4-6, 6-3), and No 3 seed Coco Gauff (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) in previous rounds.
In earlier matches, Badosa, ranked No 29, defeated Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-0, 6-3), American Taylor Townsend (6-3, 7-5), Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse (4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)), and Chinese Yafan Wang (6-1, 6-2).
Other results from the last eight matches in New York (Grand Slam) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on hardcourt with a total prize amount of USD 75,000,000 (most recent results listed first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Jessica Pegula
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Karolina Muchova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Aryna Sabalenka
