{"id":67723,"date":"2026-09-07T08:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/67723\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:49:18","slug":"us-open-pix-emma-navarro-eases-past-kalinskaya-to-advance-to-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/67723\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open PIX: Emma Navarro eases past Kalinskaya; to advance to quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American tennis star Emma Navarro has powered into the US Open quarter-finals, marking a significant comeback after a health-related break and setting up an exciting clash with compatriot Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Emma Navarro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07navarro1.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Navarro\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Emma Navarro\u00a0had reached the quarter-finals in New York in 2024 when she made it to the semis. Photograph: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters\/Geoff Burke<\/p>\n<p>Key Points<\/p>\n<p>Emma Navarro defeated Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the US Open quarter-finals.<br \/>\nThis achievement marks Navarro&#8217;s return to a Grand Slam quarter-final since the 2025 Australian Open.<br \/>\nNavarro&#8217;s strong performance follows an extended break from the tour earlier this year due to health reasons.<br \/>\nShe will next compete against fellow American Jessica Pegula in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>American Emma Navarro returned to the US Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia&#8217;s Anna Kalinskaya on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro, the 26th seed, had reached the last eight in New York in 2024 when she made it to the semis.<\/p>\n<p>She will next face compatriot Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Navarro&#8217;s Grand Slam Comeback<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Emma Navarro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07navarro2.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Navarro\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Emma Navarro celebrates winning her round of 16 match against Russia&#8217;s Anna Kalinskaya. Photograph: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters\/Geoff Burke<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels good to be back on Ashe. It&#8217;s been a couple years, and I missed it a ton. I love playing out here,&#8221; Navarro said.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has also reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final since the Australian Open in 2025, following an extended spell away from the tour earlier this year for health reasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgwidth\" title=\"Emma Navarro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/07navarro3.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Navarro\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Navarro&#8217;s win capped a good day for the home crowd, following earlier victories by Americans Ben Shelton, Jessica Pegula and Frances Tiafoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American tennis star Emma Navarro has powered into the US Open quarter-finals, marking a significant comeback after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2925,10142,248,419,694,1550,366,183,84,4358,519,28,463],"class_list":["post-67723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jessica-pegula","tag-anna-kalinskaya","tag-ashe","tag-australian-open","tag-ben-shelton","tag-emma-navarro","tag-frances-tiafoe","tag-grand-slam","tag-jessica-pegula","tag-new-york","tag-quarter-finals","tag-russia","tag-tennis","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}