Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 17:53:52 +0000
So close to victory, Naomi Osaka suddenly was letting the Australian Open final slip away. Three championship points? Gone. A sizable lead? Soon all gone, too.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:15:10 +0000
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Fourth seed Naomi Osaka outgunned Karolina Pliskova Thursday to set up an Australian Open final against Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Japanese star overcame the seventh seed, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, to reach a second straight Grand Slam decider after her breakthrough triumph over Serena Williams at last year’s US Open. […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:34:57 +0000
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka routed an injured Elina Svitolina to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday. The US Open champion beat the Ukrainian sixth seed 6-4, 6-1 to set up a final four clash with either Serena Williams or Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova. It was the 21-year-old’s second straight […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:52:57 +0000
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Japanese US Open champion Naomi Osaka ground her way into an Australian Open quarterfinal with sixth seed Elina Svitolina Monday ahead of Serena Williams facing her biggest tennis test since giving birth. As the second week of the opening Grand Slam of the year got underway, fourth seed Osaka was still standing […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:04:49 +0000
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Serena Williams’ relentless drive towards an eighth Australian Open title cranked up another gear Saturday with a third round drubbing, as Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina survived big scares to stay in the hunt. On day six at Melbourne Park, the 23-time Grand Slam winner crushed Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 […]
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