Emma Navarro clinches Iga Swiatek upset with 6-0 final set in China Open fourth round

Emma Navarro earned the biggest upset of the 2025 China Open when she knocked out top seed Iga Swiatek, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals.

🖥️📲The Match in 15 Minutes: Emma Navarro def. Iga Swiatek, Beijing 4R

The No. 16 seed scored her first Top 10 victory since the Australian Open in January, shaking off a second-set hiccup to shock the former world No. 1 in two hours and 30 minutes on Diamond Court.

Swiatek has been one of the most in-form players of the second half of the season, storming to her sixth Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon and taking a six-match win streak into the Round of 16 in Beijing, having lifted her third title of the year in Seoul.

The Pole lost just three games to Navarro in their last meeting earlier this year in the quarterfinals of Melbourne, and Navarro has largely struggled on court since, dropping out of the Top 10 from a career-high ranking of No. 8.

Still, it was Navarro who had the upper hand on Swiatek for most of their China Open clash, taking a set and a break lead before Swiatek was able to get back into the match.

With the match tied at one set apiece, the former world No. 1 looked on course to complete the comeback, but Navarro found another gear to reel off the final six games of the match and book her spot in the last eight.

Awaiting her there will be either No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula or No. 23 seed Marta Kostyuk, who are playing the final fourth-round match of the week.