Watch: Emma Navarro’s true self comes out at 2024 US Open, “She’s a riot,” fellow US Open quarterfinalist Jessica Pegula told reporters on Monday in New York with a wry smile. “Don’t let her fool you.”

Emma Navarro keeps it close to the vest in her press conferences.

The rising 23-year-old, who dethroned defending champion Coco Gauff to reach her first US Open quarterfinal, speaks about her tennis with the calculated phrasing of a political science professor.

But her locker room exchanges, according to her compatriots, tend to be a bit more revealing about Navarro’s true nature.

“She’s a riot,” fellow US Open quarterfinalist Jessica Pegula told reporters on Monday in New York with a wry smile. “Don’t let her fool you.”

“As a person she’s a super nice girl,” the 20-year-old American says. “I’ve gotten to know her over the Olympics, and she’s super funny.

She’s kind of the opposite of how she is on court. She has a lot of personality, but she doesn’t show it as much to you guys.”