Emma Navarro reached her first career grand slam semifinal on Tuesday, defeating Paula Badosa 6-2, 7-5 in the first women’s quarterfinal of the US Open on Monday.Video above: Coco Gauff’s US Open defense ended by NavarroThe American scored the victory in 1 hour and 12 minutes in an up-and-down matchup under the New York sunshine. She was left with a mountain to climb in the second set after going a double breakdown but rallied to stun Badosa while keeping a cool head throughout.”After I got it back to 5-2 (in the second set) I kind of had a little bit of an inkling that it might be two sets,” she said on the court after the game. “I just wanted to stay really tough and stick in there. And even if I did lose the second set I wanted to set the tone for the third set.”Really happy with my …
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