Emma Navarro hustles Sorana Cirstea 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday. Navarro will face off with Donna Vekic in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Emma Navarro vs. Sorana Cirstea BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 100 points vs. the Romanian’s 91.
Navarro
Navarro was absolutely great in converting all the break points (5/5).
Cirstea
On the other side, the Romanian had some problems converting her break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Navarro and Cirstea is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Emma Navarro vs. Donna Vekic – stats
Navarro will face Vekic in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Emma Navarro and Donna Vekic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Vekic won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Monterrey back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Sorana won the set after she broke Emma in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Navarro tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Yet, Sorana refused to give way to conquer the set 6-3.
Sorana failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Sorana won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1
.Sorana was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Romanian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the American (35-28). The Romanian dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Navarro conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Emma was far too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Cirstea 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Cirstea was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Navarro was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Sorana was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 41 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Cirstea (25-16). Navarro conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Navarro conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the American managed to stage a great comeback to break Cirstea in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.Tiebreak
The American won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Cirstea won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Navarro was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A). On the other side, Cirstea converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 87 points. Navarro won 5 more points than the Romanian (46-41). The American conceded 18 points on serve (24-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Sorana conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Sofia KeninKenin (3-6 7-5 6-4)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Iva JovicJovic (7-63 1-6 6-3)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-73 6-1)
- Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-4 7-5)
- Cori GauffGauff – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 3-6 7-64)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Alycia ParksParks (6-1 6-1)
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- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mccartney KesslerKessler (7-64 6-3)
- Donna VekicVekic – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-3 6-3)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (3-6 6-1 7-63)
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- Madison KeysKeys – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 6-0)
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- Lulu SunSun – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-1 6-4)
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- Katie BoulterBoulter – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-72 6-3 6-0)
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- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-3)
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- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-1 6-3)
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