Resurgent Navarro and Bouzkova Set Nottingham Final

Emma Navarro and Marie Bouzkova will battle for the Nottingham final on Sunday. 

Bouzkova took out former World No.1 Karolina Pliskova, 6-4, 6-1, while Navarro reached her second final in as many months with a 7-6(5), 6-2 victory over Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic.

2022 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Bouzkova has yet to drop a set this week, or even be pushed to a tiebreak, as she reached her first career grass court final. 

Navarro, a 2024 Wimbledon quarterfinalist who won a clay title at Strasbourg just before Roland Garros, is into her first career final on grass as well. 

Both Navarro and Bouzkova will bid for a fourth career title on Sunday. The pair have never met before on tour. 

“It was a really tough battle today,” Navarro said of her victory over Golubic. “A lot of really tough points, and it wasn’t easy, being up 5-2 in the first, and then losing three games in a row.”

Are we seeing the best of Emma Navarro again, after a rough period saw the American drop out of the top 30 for a spell this spring? 

“I don’t want to put a ceiling on myself, I guess, but I’m enjoying myself on court and playing some good tennis, too.”