MORNING NEWSBREAK | Charleston native Emma Navarro beat defending U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 match in the tournament’s fourth round on Sunday.
The 23-year-old Navarro, who is seeded 13th, will face Spain’s Paula Badosa, seeded 26th, in the quarterfinals today in Arthur Ashe Stadium. A victory would put Navarro into the semifinals of a Grand Slam event for the first time in just her third U.S. Open and eighth Grand Slam.
Sunday’s victory for Navarro was her second consecutive major win against the 20-year-old Gauff. At Wimbledon in July, Navarro had also bested Gauff in the fourth round, 6-4, 6-3.
“I believe I can play tennis with the best players in the world, and I deserve to be on this stage,” Navarro told reporters Sunday. “I belong in these rounds of Grand Slams and I can make deep runs.”
Navarro, who has shot up the rankings in the last year, became NCAA champion with the Virginia Cavaliers and is currently ranked 12th in the world.
In other news headlines today:
CP OPINION: Brack: Lock ’em up and throw away the key. “Now that the state of South Carolina has three court-approved methods that a condemned convict can choose from to meet his maker, it’s curious lawmakers didn’t consider a tried-and-true method of execution so gruesome that it should be certain to have a deterrent effect: the guillotine.”
CP NEWS: Controversy swirls around new state education subsidies. A new pilot program from the S.C. Department of Education is sending nearly 3,000 South Carolina students to private schools at taxpayer expense this fall as two critical questions remain unanswered: Is it legal, and is it a good idea?
Charleston Housing Authority selects plan to redevelop low-income housing on peninsula. Charleston’s city housing authority plans to demolish and redevelop the Meeting Street Manor Extension public housing complex as part of a larger plan to remake nearly 16 acres of the upper peninsula and add nearly 1,100 apartments to the area.
The Princeton Review praises College of Charleston. For the 21st consecutive year, the College of Charleston has been recognized as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate students by The Princeton Review.
Water quality tests in Debby’s aftermath raise post-storm worries. Every single one of Charleston Waterkeeper’s 20 testing sites throughout the Charleston area showed bacterial levels that were above the state’s maximum water quality standard for swimming, according to officials.
Charleston International reports smooth Labor Day traveling. Travelers bustled through the airport all day Monday heading out after a long weekend in the Lowcountry, and many returning home. Airport officials said they are on track to another record-breaking year.
Free genetic testing at MUSC shows individual health, cancer risks. The Medical University of South Carolina is offering free genetic testing to help participants learn more about their genetic risk for certain cancers and heart disease.
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