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Charleston Open Heats Up Anisimova Navarro secure exciting quarterfinal battle

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Amanda Anisimova and Emma Navarro set up an exciting quarterfinal clash after securing new victories at the WTA 500 Charleston Open This will be their third meeting with Anisimova winning both previous encounters The recent WTA 1000 Qatar Open champion eliminated 10th seed Yulia Putintseva 64 64 to advance to the quarterfinals where she will face 4th seed Emma Navarro who staged a remarkable comeback against Ashlyn Krueger winning 64 46 61 Steady on serve sharp in rallies Anisimova beats Putintseva World No 16 Amanda Anisimova put on a strong display winning 73 of her service points throughout the matchan impressive figure especially on clay courts The American struck first securing a break in the third game after a shaky spell from World No 23 Yulia Putintseva during which Anisimova won eight consecutive points Putintseva showed resistance midway through the set breaking back to level at 33 However Anisimova quickly regained control with an immediate break and confidently served out the opener 64 boasting a 73 firstserve percentage and winning 78 of those points The second set began evenly with the Kazakh holding serve effectively to stay in contention But once again Anisimova raised her level midway through the set breaking in the fifth game From there she remained rocksolid on serve not facing a single break point and sealed the victory 64 64 against a tricky opponent Before this tournament Anisimova had a modest 24 claycourt record in 2024 However with this win she has already matched that total in just her first event of the season on the surface The 23yearold continues to rack up valuable ranking points and all signs suggest she will keep climbing in the coming weeks Match Statistics Anisimova vs Putintseva Navarro battles back to defeat Krueger Emma Navarro No 11 faced a tough challenge from the rising star Krueger No 34 The first set began with both players breaking each others serve remaining evenly matched until that point Krueger showing a good adaptation to the clay courts competed strongly from the start against the 4th seed The concentration at a key moment made all the difference By the 5th game Navarro made errors on her first serve and fell behind 040 allowing Krueger to break and take the lead After a few service games from both sides Krueger surprised by taking the first set 64 Things got worse for Navarro in the second set as she started with a break down trailing 20 However the American didnt give up fighting back with a good streak of points to recover the break and win three consecutive games The former No 8 managed a second break taking the lead 53 In a set full of irregularities from both sides Navarro took the second set 64 with three breakstwo in her favor and one for Krueger In the third set it became a battle of nerves where concentration was key Both players wasted several break opportunities at the start while Navarro led 21 with her serve Krueger struggled with her serve managing only a 47 first serve percentage and winning just 56 of them Navarro went on a solid run winning four consecutive games to lead 51 Although Krueger showed resistance at the end recovering one break Navarro stepped on the accelerator to secure the victory in the allAmerican clash with a final score of 46 64 62 Match Statistics Krueger vs Navarro

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