Emma Navarro made it look easy Wednesday afternoon.
The 23-year-old reached the third round of Wimbledon after beating Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-1 in just under an hour on Centre Court.
Navarro, ranked 19th in the world, did not drop a set in her two matches at the tournament.
“The atmosphere could easily have overwhelmed me, or any player, so I spent a lot of time mentally preparing myself for the emotions and the nerves I would feel, and then when I stepped onto the court I felt really at home,” Navarro told reporters after beating four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka.
Now that she’s in the third round, The Post is taking a deeper look at Navarro’s history as a rising tennis star.
What is Emma Navarro’s tennis history?
Navarro was born in New York in 2001. She said she started taking tennis seriously in the fourth grade.was a highly touted junior tennis star in South Carolina while attending Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina.
She rose to fame in 2019, winning the French Open junior doubles title with Chloe Beck and finishing runner-up in singles.
Following his success as a junior, Navarro became the No. 1 recruit in the nation according to the TennisRecruiting.net rankings and enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2020.
Navarro continued his wide-ranging success with the Cavaliers, becoming the 2021 NCAA singles champion, becoming just the second player in team history to accomplish this feat.
In 2021, she won her first WTA singles main draw victory, beating Renata Zarazua in straight sets at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, and then qualified for the U.S. Open as a wildcard.
She will finish her collegiate career as a sophomore in the 2021-22 season, where she was named an ITA All-American in both singles and doubles.
Navarro continues to blossom as a professional, winning the Hobart International in January, reaching the third round at the Australian Open and the fourth round at Roland Garros to claim her first WTA title.
Who is in Emma Navarro’s family??
She is the daughter of Kelly and Ben Navarro. Billionaire Founder He is the chief operating officer of Sherman Financial Group, which operates Credit One.
Ben is Acquired the Carolina Panthers in 2018, Acquires Western & Southern Open tennis tournament to be held in Cincinnati in 2022 A subsidiary of Beemok Capital.
He is the son of former college football coach Frank Navarro, who held positions at Williams College, Columbia University, Wabash College and Princeton University.
“Tennis has given so much to our family as fans, fathers and business owners.” Ben told The Post and Courier in 2019.“Junior tennis has provided a platform for kids to learn hard work, develop friendships through shared hardships, and learn to deal with disappointment, loss and sometimes injustice.”
What’s next for Emma Navarro?
Navarro will face Diana Shnyder, a Russian-born North Carolina State University alumnus, in the third round of Wimbledon on Friday.
