Emma Navarro conquers the defending champion Zeynep Sonmez 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Merida on Friday. Navarro will have to play Elina Avanesyan in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.
Navarro added to her prize money $ 30,305 after winning this match. She has already won $ 59,000 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 42,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 101,000.
Highlights Emma Navarro vs. Zeynep Sonmez Merida Open Akron – Merida
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, Emma scored 59 points vs. the Turk’s 44.
Navarro
Navarro was sharp when converting 70% of the break points that she procured (7/10).
Sonmez
On the other side, Sonmez was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that she procured points (4/5). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Navarro and Sonmez is 2-0 for Emma.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Navarro vs. Elina Avanesyan – stats
Navarro will play Avanesyan in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Emma Navarro and Elina Avanesyan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Navarro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Navarro won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Navarro was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Zeynep Sonmez in the 1st game (1-0). However, Emma was not done to come back to break Zeynep 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Navarro failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
A defining moment of this set was when Emma won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 1-3 to 5-3.
The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Turk was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 8th game (3-5 0-40).
They played 60 points. Emma won 8 points more than Zeynep (34-26). The American dropped 15 points on serve (18-15). on the other side of the court, Zeynep conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Navarro conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Zeynep Sonmez in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Emma to win the set since Sonmez managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (2-5) game. Emma kept her focus to break Zeynep in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Navarro failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
Emma converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Turk converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 43 points. Navarro was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Turk (25-18). Emma conceded 9 points on serve (7-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Zeynep conceded 18 points on serve (9-18).
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-4 6-2)
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Maya JointJoint (4-6 6-2 6-0)
- Emiliana ArangoArango – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (5-7 6-3 6-0)
- Daria SavilleSaville – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-6 5-3 ret. (Gibert ret.))
Upcoming matches
- Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-0) – H2H details and stats
