Quarterfinals are set at the Lexus Nottingham Open, with Emma Navarro taking on Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and other grass-court matchups including Karolina Pliskova vs Talia Gibson, Marie Bouzkova vs Tatjana Maria, and Ann Li vs Viktorija Golubic.
The Lexus Nottingham Open is down to its quarterfinals now, and the draw suddenly feels wide open—anyone who survives these matches gets a real shot at the title from here. Emma Navarro, the highest remaining seed, opens the spotlight with a grass-court clash against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
Pliskova vs Gibson is first up. Karolina Pliskova will face Talia Gibson in a matchup that’s their first meeting. and Pliskova comes in having saved three set points in the second set to beat Caty McNally in the second round. She’s been steady at the Lexus Nottingham Open and has the most experience and pedigree among the remaining players. with one clear goal: to win her first WTA title since 2024. Gibson’s path has been defined by pressure—she was the more consistent player against Qinwen Zheng. and after losing concentration in the second set. she still won in straight sets. She’ll be playing her first-ever grass-court quarterfinal, and the prediction is that Pliskova advances in three sets.
Marie Bouzkova takes on Tatjana Maria next. The head-to-head favors Bouzkova 3-2, but the grass complicates everything. Bouzkova needed grit in her Round of 16 match against Hannah Klugman: she was close in the first set. then “gritted it out” and ran away with it in the second. This is Bouzkova’s first quarterfinal on grass since 2022. and she carries momentum—she has beaten Maria the last three times. Still. there’s a key detail that can’t be ignored: Bouzkova and Maria have never met on grass. and Maria’s strongest surface is grass. Her variety, the prediction notes, can create serious trouble for the #4 seed. Even with that edge, the call here is for the veteran Tatjana Maria to win in three sets.
Ann Li will then play Viktorija Golubic, another match shaped by resilience. Viktorija Golubic has fought her way back multiple times this week to reach the quarterfinals. In the deciding set against Zeynep Sonmez, she was down a break but kept fighting and won the match. Her record at WTA 250-level tournaments includes peaking at the right time—two titles and three finals—and the quarterfinal draw is exactly the kind of moment where that history can matter. Ann Li also had to battle through her own Round of 16. beating Taylah Preston. who won the first set but couldn’t keep up. Li and Golubic met last year at Wimbledon, and Golubic will be seeking revenge. The prediction: Golubic in three.
Finally, the quarterfinal everyone keeps coming back to: Emma Navarro vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Navarro and Bouzas Maneiro have met before, with Bouzas Maneiro leading the head-to-head 1-0. Navarro reached the quarterfinals by defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva in a Round of 16 match that came down to only a few points. with Navarro’s serve proving stronger and carrying her to the win. Bouzas Maneiro. by contrast. hasn’t had a great season so far—but this run can change everything in tennis. and she’s riding the confidence of having made it this far. She handled Navarro the last time these two met. but the forecast leans toward Navarro now: the American is in better form. and grass plays to what the match-up can reward. The prediction is Navarro in three.
So the question running through Nottingham isn’t just who reaches the semifinals—it’s how many of these performances will hold up when the margins shrink and the grass turns every tiny shift into a swing. With the quarterfinals set at the Lexus Nottingham Open, the next round won’t forgive anyone that slips once.
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