Ninth seed Navarro suffers 6-0 6-1 French Open upset

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

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Ninth seed Emma Navarro exited the French Open in just 57 minutes as she suffered a 6-0 6-1 first-round thrashing by Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Navarro, a semi-finalist at last year's US Open, did not hold serve all match in a wayward performance on the second day in Paris.

Up 6-0 5-0, Bouzas Maneiro was attempting to become the first woman to beat a top-10 player 6-0 6-0 at a Grand Slam since the 1989 US Open, when Martina Navratilova crushed world number seven Manuela Maleeva.

But Navarro got on the board and avoided a 'double bagel' scoreline with help from a double fault by the 68th-ranked Bouzas Maneiro.

Earlier this year, Navarro became only the fifth player this century to win a WTA final 6-0 6-0 with victory over Emiliana Arango at the Merida Open in Mexico.

But the American was broken seven times, claimed just 30 of the 86 total points and won only 44% of her first-serve points.

Navarro was also hindered by 23 unforced errors compared to just four winners.

She rose up the rankings last year thanks to deep runs at majors, reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros before making the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and the last four at Flushing Meadows.