Wimbledon: Navarro books spot in last 16 against Gauff
Emma Navarro edged out Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round on Friday
American Emma Navarro, the No 19 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by edging out Russian Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.
Navarro, ranked No 17, will play Coco Gauff, the second seed, next.
The American beat Chinese Qiang Wang (6-0, 6-2) and Japanese wildcard Naomi Osaka (6-4, 6-1) in the previous rounds of The Championships.
Earlier in the tournament, Shnaider, ranked No 30, edged out Karolina Pliskova (4-6, 6-4, 7-5) and won against American Sloane Stephens (6-1, 6-1).
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000, most recent results first):
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Harriet Dart vs. Xinyu Wang
- Ons Jabeur vs. Elina Svitolina
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Danielle Collins vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Bernarda Pera vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Iga Swiatek vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Sonay Kartal vs. Coco Gauff
- Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Sakkari
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Paula Badosa
- Lulu Sun vs. Lin Zhu