Emma Navarro dispatches Sonmez in the quarter – MERIDA RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

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

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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st game (1-0). However, Emma was not done to come back to break Zeynep 3 times in the 6^th (3-3), in the 8^th (5-3) gamein the 10^th 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 1^st 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 6^th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (4-3 0-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Turk was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40) and the 8^th 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 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Emma to win the set since Sonmez managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (2-5) game. Emma kept her focus to break Zeynep in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (5-1) and in the 8^th (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 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (4-1 40-A) and the 8^th 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 3^rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7^th 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