The No. 8 seed is a proven big-match performer, has a 4-0 head-to-head advantage over her first-round opponent—and, for our purposes, the price is right.

Stearns just imploded. Navarro played the sh**tiest tennis I’ve ever seen her play," a fan said. "I could try to swallow a tennis ball and I still wouldn’t choke as hard as Peyton Stearns just ...

Here, she lost 4-6, 4-6 to Liudmila Samsonova. Like Emma Navarro, Peyton Stearns too started her 2025 season at the Brisbane International and beat Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-3 to reach the ...

Watch the match highlights between Emma Navarro & Peyton Stearns in Round 1 of the 2025 Australian Open Women's Singles ...

Emma Navarro, Charleston local and 2024 tennis standout, went the distance in the opening round at the Australian Open – the first Grand Slam event of the year.

Australia -- No. 8 Emma Navarro needed to play the longest WTA-level match of her career -- 3 hours and 20 minutes -- and rallied from 5-3 down in the third set to beat fellow American Peyton ...

Emma Navarro survives a disaster after defeating Peyton Stearns 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 in the Australian Open first round. The world No. 8 was on the brink of defeat but managed to prevail against an ...

In a match against Peyton Stearns that lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes with the first two sets decided by tiebreakers, Navarro was able to narrowly avoid a third tiebreaker, rallying from a 5-3 ...

Emma Navarro survives a disaster after defeating Peyton Stearns 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5 in the Australian Open first round. The world No. 8 was on the brink of defeat but managed to prevail against an ...

(AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Emma Navarro of the U.S. reacts after defeating Peyton Stearns in their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday ...