{"id":660060,"date":"2024-01-14T01:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T05:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=660060"},"modified":"2024-01-14T01:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T05:28:29","slug":"american-navarro-beats-mertens-in-hobart-for-first-wta-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/660060\/","title":{"rendered":"American Navarro beats Mertens in Hobart for first WTA title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hobart (Australia) \u2013 Fast-rising American Emma Navarro upset two-time champion Elise Mertens to secure her first WTA title on Saturday with a battling 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win at the Hobart International.<\/p>\n

In their first career meeting, the 22-year-old outlasted the Belgian top seed over a gruelling 2 hours 48 minutes to write another chapter in her burgeoning career.<\/p>\n

This time last year, Navarro was ranked 149 but has since soared to a career-high 31, having also reached the semi-finals in Auckland this month.<\/p>\n

She is 8-1 this season heading into the Australian Open, where she will make her main draw debut against China’s Wang Xiyu as the 27th seed.<\/p>\n

After taking the first set in just 35 minutes, second seed Navarro dropped the second as Mertens fought back.<\/p>\n

The Belgian, who won back-to-back Hobart titles in 2017 and 2018, looked on track to take the third set and secure the championship when she held a 5-4 lead.<\/p>\n

But Navarro won the next two games to swing the momentum back in her favour and closed out the match.
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