Emma Navarro’s 2026 US Open quarter-final against Jessica Pegula
The latest on emma navarro is that she reached the 2026 US Open women’s singles quarter-finals and was facing Jessica Pegula in a deciding third set. Available reporting does not establish the final result of that match.
Emma Navarro’s 2026 US Open quarter-final against Jessica Pegula
Navarro earned her place in the last eight with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Anna Kalinskaya on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. The victory took one hour and 21 minutes, according to the WTA’s match report.
The American was listed as the tournament’s No. 26 seed in the WTA report and by Live 5 News. The result marked her fourth Grand Slam quarter-final. She had previously reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2024, the US Open in 2024 and the Australian Open in 2025.
Her win over Kalinskaya turned on a late break in the opening set. The two players held serve through the first nine games before Navarro took her first break-point chance in the 10th game to lead 6-4. She then moved 5-1 ahead in the second set. Kalinskaya recovered one break, but Navarro broke again in the eighth game to close out the match.
The WTA reported that Navarro made six aces and one double fault, while Kalinskaya hit two aces and nine double faults. Kalinskaya also made 32 unforced errors, compared with 10 from Navarro.
What happened against Jessica Pegula
The quarter-final was an all-American contest between Navarro and the No. 3 seed, Pegula. The match was scheduled for Tuesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, with Yahoo’s report listing a 7 p.m. Eastern start.
The New York Times’ live coverage later described the match as being in a deciding third set. Its account recorded momentum shifting between the players, including Pegula recovering after Navarro had created pressure and Navarro holding serve under pressure with her fifth ace.
The supplied live report does not include a completed score or winner. That means the confirmed position is that Navarro had advanced to the quarter-final and was still competing against Pegula when the available update was published.
Navarro’s form and recent context
The win over Kalinskaya was Navarro’s first US Open quarter-final appearance since her semi-final run in 2024. Live 5 News described the result as her deepest run at the tournament since then and her best performance at a major since reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals in 2025.
After beating Kalinskaya, Navarro said she felt mentally resilient, calm and strong following a difficult year involving health issues, according to the WTA. The available reporting does not establish further details about those issues.
Pegula had won the pair’s previous four meetings, according to the WTA. Navarro had acknowledged before the quarter-final that Pegula was a difficult opponent, while also saying she believed there would eventually be an opportunity to beat her, as reported by Yahoo. The latest verified state is therefore an unfinished quarter-final, with the final outcome not established in the available reports.