The defending champion won on Monday evening in New York in two sets 6: 4 and 6: 1 against the 87th in the world rankings. Osaka had to fend off several breakballs right at the beginning, but was able to score the decisive points and gained security in the second set.
For the 23-year-old, it’s the sixth US Open – before 2020, she was the first Japanese woman to win the Grand Slam in New York in a historic triumph in 2018. This year she is placed on three – behind the world number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia and Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.
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