{"id":484361,"date":"2026-02-16T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/484361\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:11:08","slug":"elise-mertens-vs-emma-navarro-preview-prediction-2026-dubai-tennis-championships-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/484361\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise Mertens\u00a0vs Emma Navarro\u00a0Preview &#038; Prediction | 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships |\u00a0Second Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatszone.com\/betting-tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elise Mertens faces Emma Navarro in the second round at the 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships<\/p>\n<p>Ranking points: WTA 1000<\/p>\n<p>Start date\/time:<\/p>\n<p>Venue:\u00a0Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, UAE<\/p>\n<p>Surface:\u00a0Outdoor hard<\/p>\n<p>How to watch on TV:\u00a0UK \u2013 Sky Sports Tennis \/ USA \u2013 Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>How to watch online:\u00a0UK \u2013 Sky Go \/ USA \u2013 Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>Tickets:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com\/tickets\/available-tickets\/wta-tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit this link for the latest Elise Mertens vs Emma Navarro ticket information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elise Mertens vs\u00a0Emma Navarro prediction<\/p>\n<p>Elise Mertens will hope it\u2019s a case of third time lucky against Emma Navarro.<\/p>\n<p>The American has won both of their previous encounters, including a 6-1 6-3 success in Doha last year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Navarro has struggled for consistency so far this year, managing back-to-back wins just once and in need of improved results to avoid dropping out of the top 20.<\/p>\n<p>Mertens has been able to string victories together far more readily and with just four places between them in the rankings, the Belgian will have belief that she can finally find a way to defeat the 14th seed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether she does or not will depend on just how much Navarro enjoys the match-up, although her lack of reliability of late means considering games won and over.25 sets may make more sense than the outright winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elise Mertens\u00a0vs\u00a0Emma Navarro\u00a0tip:\u00a0Over 2.5 sets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts! Elise Mertens faces Emma Navarro in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-484361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}