American Emma Navarro defeated Spain's Paula Badosa in straight sets Tuesday in their US Open quarterfinal match to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.
Navarro, the No. 13 seed who upset defending champion Coco Gauff in the round of 16, fought back from 5-1 down in the second set, winning 24 of the last 28 points to finish the match in straight sets.
"After I got back to 5-2 I had a little bit of an inkling it would be two sets ... even if I did lose the second, I wanted to set the tone for the third set," Navarro said. "I can't see the future, but maybe today I could a little bit."
Emma Navarro, who played two years at Virginia, is the third former women's college player in the past 40 years to make a US Open semifinal, following Oklahoma State's Lori McNeil in 1987 and UCLA's Jennifer Brady in 2020.
ESPN Stats & Information contributed to this report.
