Aryna Sabalenka vs Emma Navarro Tips & Live Stream - Sabalenka to advance into US Open final

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Last updated: 05 Sep 2024

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Andrew Hendrie 05 Sep 2024

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Aryna Sabalenka vs Emma Navarro predictions for Thursday's semi-final US Open match
The pair have split their two previous meetings at one win apiece
The match is scheduled to start at 9.00am AEST on Friday September 6

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Aryna Sabalenka (Photo by Getty Images)

Aryna Sabalenka vs Emma Navarro Tips & Live Stream

Aryna Sabalenka aims to return to the US Open final when she comes up against local hope Emma Navarro in the semi-finals on Thursday night.

Aryna Sabalenka vs Emma Navarro Tips & Live Stream
Head To Head
Aryna Sabalenka Form
Emma Navarro Form
Live Stream

Sabalenka has been the stand-out player all tournament and the second seed will start the heavy favourite against Navarro, who will be competing in her first Grand Slam semi-final.

Sabalenka has won 44 of her 55 matches in 2024
Sabalenka is on a 10-match winning streak
Sabalenka has won 25 of her last 26 hardcourt Grand Slam matches
Nine of Sabalenka's last 10 wins have been in straight sets
Sabalenka has made the US Open semi-finals the last four years
Six of Navarro's last nine defeats have been in straight sets
Navarro is 1-7 in her last eight semi-finals

Head To Head

Level at 1-1. Navarro beat Sabalenka in their first meeting at Indian Wells in three sets before the Belarusian returned serve with a crushing straight sets victory at Roland Garros.

Year	Tournament	Winner	Score
2024	Roland Garros R16	Sabalenka	6-2 6-3
2024	Indian Wells R16	Navarro	6-3 3-6 6-2

Aryna Sabalenka Form

Sabalenka has won 44 of her 55 matches this season and is gunning for her second Grand Slam title of the season after defending her Australian Open crown in January.

The World No. 2 is currently on a 10-match winning streak after she blitzed the field to claim the Cincinnati silverware just prior to the US Open, beating Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula along the way.

Sabalenka has dropped just one set on her way to a fourth consecutive US Open semi-final and that came in an early morning third round clash against Ekaterina Alexandrova.

The 26-year-old eased past Priscilla Hon and Lucia Bronzetti in the first couple of rounds and also took care of former doubles partner Elise Mertens in straights in the R16.

A rematch of the Australian Open final took place in the quarter-finals, with Sabalenka absolutely demolishing Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zheng 6-1 6-2 in just 73 minutes.

Emma Navarro Form

Navarro has registered a 46-19 record at tour-level in 2024, claiming her maiden WTA title at the start of the season at Hobart.

The American has gone from strength to strength throughout the season and her remarkable consistency will see her rewarded with a place in the top 10 after this tournament.

The 23-year-old has made eight WTA semi-finals in the last 15 months, but she's only been able to win one of them, so she will have to overcome that particular hurdle here.

Navarro eased past Arantxa Rus and Anna Blinkova in her first two rounds before taking out Marta Kostyuk and defending champion Coco Gauff in three sets. Navarro then proceeded to defeat the in-form Paula Badosa in the quarter-finals, coming back from 1-5 down in the second set to emerge a 6-2 7-5 winner.

Live Stream

Watch and bet on Aryna Sabalenka vs Emma Navarro live US Open tennis.

You can watch and bet on the match live at bet365 > Tennis > US Open with the action available to stream on desktop and mobile.

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Verdict

Aryna Sabalenka v Emma Navarro

Sabalenka is on a different level and if she maintains her current form, she should have too much firepower.

Navarro is one hell of a competitor and she's had a fantastic season/tournament, but when push comes to shove on the biggest stages, I'm not sure she can hang with the World No. 2.