Emma Navarro onward to third round after thrilling win over Xiyu Wang at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (WCIV) — Emma Navarro continued her stay in Melbourne, winning in the second round of the Australian Open in another match that went three sets.

Navarro won 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 over Xiyu Wang, from China, in a third set that featured an impressive rally back with the No. 8-seeded Charleston local finding her footing in crunch time.

“I was able to find something there at the end,” Navarro said. “It was really tough the whole time. I knew it was going to be that way. I was ready to handle it. And I found some good tennis there at the end.”…

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