Billionaire Daughters Pegula, Navarro Advance To U.S. Open Quarterfinals

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As someone who grew up playing hockey, baseball, swimming, golf, tennis.. it's interesting to see how elitist most of these have become. Without the money and means to join club and travel teams it becomes hard to reach a level that most of the top athletes achieve.

That said I'm still a huge fan of all of it

Forbes has a piece on Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro

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The sixth-ranked Pegula, 30, who defeated Diana Schnaider in straight sets, is the daughter of Buffalo Bills owner and Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula.

No. 13 Emma Navarro, 23, the daughter of former Citigroup vice president Ben Navarro, advanced to the U.S. Open quarterfinals after defeating third-ranked Coco Gauff on Sunday in three sets.

Pegula plays the winner of the fourth-round match between top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland and Liudmila Samsonova of Russia on Tuesday, while Navarro is slated to face No. 26 Paula Badosa of Spain.

It’s the seventh time Pegula has made the quarterfinals in one of the four majors in her career, though she has never advanced further...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/09/02/billionaire-daughters-pegula-navarro-advance-to-us-open-quarterfinals/

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