With her deep run in New York, her live ranking is now numbereight.
What a difference, indeed, that a year and change can make.
in Hobart, Australia, this past January.

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Its kind of crazy, my comfort level out there.
Navarro was born in New York and raised in Charleston, South Carolina.
Navarro originally opted to go to college and forgo the professional circuit.
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Her still-nascent career comes to an apex tonight in New York.
(Where Navarro is largely coolly composed, Sabalenka can get fiery.)
Im happy with my progression of feeling more comfortable on big stages.
Of course, low-key does not mean less intensity.
Navarro sees her shot, and shes going to go for itsurely and steadily.