{"id":174072,"date":"2025-10-02T01:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174072\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T01:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:02:09","slug":"iga-swiatek-crashes-out-of-china-open-after-0-6-final-set-to-emma-navarro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174072\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek crashes out of China Open after 0-6 final set to Emma Navarro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/iga-swiatek\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iga Swiatek<\/a> was on the receiving end of a bagel set as the Wimbledon champion crashed out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/china-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China Open<\/a> in a fourth-round defeat to Emma Navarro in Beijing. <\/p>\n<p>Swiatek, who had been on an eight-match winning streak after lifting the Korea Open title last week, lost the final six games of the match after forcing a deciding set as the 16th seed Navarro won 6-4 4-6 6-0 in two-and-a-half hours. <\/p>\n<p>Swiatek had been the top seed in Beijing following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/aryna-sabalenka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>\u2019s withdrawal from the WTA 1000 event but missed the chance to cut the gap to the World No 1 in the rankings. <\/p>\n<p>The World No 2 made 70 unforced errors to 35 winners across the match and was on the wrong end of a 0-6 set for the third time this season, including her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/sabalenka-swiatek-french-open-score-result-report-b2764652.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French Open semi-final defeat to Sabalenka<\/a> and a quarter-final match with Madison Keys at the Madrid Open which she overturned to win 0-6 6-3 6-2. <\/p>\n<p>Swiatek had progressed to the last-16 in Beijing after her opponent Camila Osorio retired hurt, with the Pole<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-wta-tour-tennis-season-b2835927.html\" title=\"Iga Swiatek says tennis season is \u2018too long and too intense\u2019 with players\u2019 health at risk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> calling the season \u201ctoo long and too intense\u201d <\/a>as she joined the chorus of players criticising the tennis schedule. <\/p>\n<p>Swiatek went from winning the Korea Open to playing the China Open in Beijing, where she received a first-round bye. The six-time champion was a former China Open champion, winning the title on her last appearance at the tournament in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Swiatek had said the requirements facing players on the WTA were \u201cpretty crazy\u201d, and that fatigue increased throughout the second half of a long season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SEI268506620.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Emma Navarro recorded her first victory against Swiatek\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Emma Navarro recorded her first victory against Swiatek (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t know yet how my career is going to look like in a couple of years,\u201d she said. \u201cThe only thing I can do now, when I decided I&#8217;m going to play all these mandatory tournaments, is to just take care of my body, take care of the recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Asian swing is the hardest part because you feel like the season is going to finish soon, but you still need to push. 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It is because the season is too long and too intense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Navarro will play either fifth seed Jessica Pegula or Ukraine\u2019s Martha Kostyuk in the quarter-finals, with Great Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/sonay-kartal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonay Kartal<\/a> facing 26th seed Linda Noskova on that side of the draw. <\/p>\n<p>Kartal had earlier secured the best win of her career by knocking out the fourth seed and World No 5 Mirra Andreeva in three sets, reaching the quarter-finals of a WTA 1000 event for the first time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-174072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}