Emma Navarro dumps top seed Iga Swiatek in Beijing

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM WTA CHINA OPEN RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT  SHOWS: BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 1, 2025) (WTA – see restrictions before use) IGA SWIATEK V EMMA NAVARRO (DARK SKIRT) 1. SWIATEK HITS BALL INTO NET, NAVARRO WINS FIRST SET 2. SMASH BY SWIATEK IN SECOND SET 3. FOREHAND WINNER BY NAVARRO 4. SWIATEK WINS SECOND SET 5. NAVARRO WINS RALLY AT NET IN THIRD SET 6. FOREHAND BY NAVARRO TO WIN MATCH 6-4 4-6 6-0 7. PLAYERS AT NET 8. NAVARRO WAVES TO CROWD MARTA KOSTYUK V JESSICA PEGULA (DARK OUTFIT) 9. CROSS-COURT FOREHAND WINNER BY PEGULA IN FIRST SET 10. KOSTYUK SERVICE RETURN TO BREAK SERVE TO LEAD 4-3 IN SECOND SET 11. DROPSHOT BY KOSTYUK TO MOVE TO SET POINT 12. BACKHAND VOLLEY BY PEGULA TO LEAD 2-0 IN THIRD SET 13. PEGULA WINS MATCH  6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 14. PLAYERS AT NET 15. PEGULA WAVES TO CROWD MIRRA ANDREEVA V SONAY KARTAL (WHITE CAP) 16. KARTAL WINS RALLY IN FIRST SET WITH OVERHEAD SHOT 17. ANDREEVA WINS RALLY IN SECOND SET 18. DROPSHOT BY KARTAL TO LEAD 3-2 IN THIRD SET 19. ANDREEVA HITS BALL OUT, KARTAL WINS MATCH 7-5 2-6 7-5 20. PLAYERS AT NET 21. KARTAL WAVES TO CROWD STORY: American 16th seed Emma Navarro stormed into the China Open quarter-finals with a 6-4 4-6 6-0 upset win over top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland on Wednesday (October 1) in Beijing.     Navarro dominated the world number two in the third set to finish the match in two hours and 30 minutes. Her triumph was her first in three meetings with the 2023 Beijing champion and moved her into the final eight of a WTA 1000 event for the first time this season.     Navarro saved four of seven break points and converted six of her 15 break chances.     Up next for Navarro is fellow American and number five seed Jessica Pegula, who held off Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 in two hours and 18 minutes.     Pegula saved five of eight break points and broke Kostyuk's serve eight times — three times in the deciding set.     Pegula won both previous meetings with Navarro at Bad Homburg in 2025 and Miami in 2024.     Britain's Sonay Kartal also enjoyed a breakthrough victory, outlasting fourth-seeded Russian Mirra Andreeva 7-5 2-6 7-5 to notch her first top-10 win and first WTA 1000 quarter-final appearance.     Kartal saved four of six break points and broke Andreeva's serve to win the final games of the first and third sets.     Andreeva fell to 16-3 against players ranked outside the top 50 this year, with all three losses coming since June; to Lois Boisson in the French Open quarter-finals, to Taylor Townsend in the U.S. Open third round, and now to Kartal.     Kartal will meet 26th seed Linda Noskova, a Czech, who overpowered Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-4 in 87 minutes. (Production: Andy Ragg)

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