Former UVA tennis star Emma Navarro survived yet another three-set thriller to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, (AP) - Emma Navarro is on to the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 1st time. Navarro eliminated three-time major finalist Ons Jabeur 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, Navarro, who reached her first major semifinal at Flushing Meadows in September, has now won all three of her matches in Melbourne this year in three sets.

Emma Navarro, again, found a way to win a match that went the distance in the third round of the Australian Open.

For the first time in her professional tennis career, Emma Navarro has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open. For the third match in a row at this

No.6 seed Elena Rybakina bested 16-year-old Emerson Jones in the Australian Open first round, while No.8 seed Emma Navarro and No.9 seed Daria Kasatkina took very different paths into the second round.

Eighth-seeded Emma Navarro received a stern test from another NCAA singles champion before emerging with a first-round win at the Australian Open. Navarro, the 2021 NCAA champ for Virginia, got past Peyton Stearns, the 2022 NCAA champ for Texas, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.

Charleston native Emma Navarro advances to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 win over No. 9 seed Daria Kasatkina on Jan. 20.