Tennis-Best-of-five sets in women's game? Bring it on, says Navarro


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 03 Jul 2025

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 3, 2025 Emma Navarro of the U.S. celebrates winning her second round match against

LONDON (Reuters) -With temperatures reaching more than 30 degrees Celsius at Wimbledon this week, players could be forgiven for wanting to reduce their time on court, but not American Emma Navarro who wants to see the women's tour play best-of-five set matches.

The 10th seed was seemingly hungry for more minutes on the sun-soaked grass at the All England Club, having taken little more than an hour to seal her place in the third round with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Thursday.

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