
Emma Navarro tops Belinda Bencic 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Navarro will face off with Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 18,100 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 41,600 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 41,870 to her earnings to get in total $ 83,470 in total.
Highlights Emma Navarro vs. Belinda Bencic Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 97 points vs. the Swiss’s 96.
Navarro
Emma won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Bencic was pretty good at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered points (5/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Navarro and Bencic is 1-0 for Emma.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Navarro vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats
Navarro will compete against Cirstea in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Emma Navarro and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after she broke Belinda .
Navarro wasted a good opportunity to break Bencic in the 12th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Navarro was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 30-40), the 12th (6-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). On the other side, the Swiss wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 104 points. It’s worth to point out that, Emma won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Bencic (51-53). Navarro conceded 18 points on serve (32-18). In addition, on the other side, the Swiss conceded 19 points on serve (35-19).
Navarro had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Bencic to win the set since Emma found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Bencic maintained her cool to break Navarro in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Bencic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
The Swiss was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Emma was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 0-40) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 41 points. The Swiss was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Navarro (23-18). The Swiss conceded 10 points on serve (10-10). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Navarro won the set after she broke Bencic 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Swiss tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Emma didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.
The American was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Swiss was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 47 points. Emma won 5 more points than Belinda (26-21). Emma surrendered 11 points on serve (9-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 17 points on serve (10-17).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Belinda BencicBencic (7-66 2-6 6-3)
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Qinwen ZhengZheng (3-6 6-4 6-4)
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Alycia ParksParks (3-6 6-4 6-1)
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-5 6-0)
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 6-1)
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 6-3)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Eva LysLys (6-2 7-5)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (7-68 4-6 6-3)
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 7-5)
- Clara TausonTauson – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-65 3-6 7-64)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-4)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-0 6-2)
- Sofia KeninKenin – Marta KostyukKostyuk (5-7 7-67 7-65)
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (7-66 6-4)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-0 6-4)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-3 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Clara TausonTauson – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Sofia KeninKenin (2-0) – H2H details and stats




