Naomi Osaka
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Australian Open 2021: Naomi Osaka advances to semifinal with easy win over Hsieh Su-wei
Tennis | Feb 16, 2021, 09:11 AM ISTOsaka earned her 19th victory in a row by overpowering Hsieh Su-wei 6-2, 6-2, and will next meet the winner of the quarterfinal between Williams and No. 2-seeded Simona Halep.
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Watch: Naomi Osaka's wholesome moment with butterfly draws applause from crowd at Australian Open
Tennis | Feb 12, 2021, 01:45 PM ISTNaomi Osaka is back in the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time since her title run in 2019.
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Australian Open 2021: Naomi Osaka powers past Caroline Garcia into third round at Melbourne Park
Tennis | Feb 10, 2021, 03:36 PM ISTOsaka is on a 16-match win streak, with her last loss coming in a Fed Cup match last February.
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Serena, Venus, Osaka cruise into Australia Open second round
Tennis | Feb 08, 2021, 09:50 AM ISTSerena Williams opened her campaign in an emphatic manner as she zipped past Laura Siegemund of Germany, 6-1, 6-1.
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Naomi Osaka, Victoria Azarenka withdraw from Australian Open tuneup tournaments
Tennis | Feb 06, 2021, 07:12 AM ISTNo. 3-ranked Osaka pulled out of her Gippsland Trophy semifinal against Elise Mertens, citing a “niggling injury."
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Gippsland Trophy: Naomi Osaka, Elina Svitolina enter quarter-finals
Tennis | Feb 03, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTOsaka defeated Great Britain's Katie Boulter 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Svitolina surpassed Jelena Ostapenko, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2
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French Open 2020: Naomi Osaka pulls out of tournament due to hamstring injury
Tennis | Sep 18, 2020, 09:35 AM ISTNaomi Osaka, who won the US Open 2020 singles title last week, has withdrawn from the French Open citing troubles with hamstring.
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Naomi Osaka back in top three after US Open title win
Tennis | Sep 15, 2020, 09:16 AM ISTOsaka on Sunday defeated Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win the third Grand Slam of her career and courtesy her victory; she has climbed six spots to move to the third position in the latest WTA rankings.
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Japan celebrates Naomi Osaka's US Open victory; Sponsors cautious about activism
Tennis | Sep 14, 2020, 04:36 PM ISTBefore each of her seven U.S. Open matches, she wore a mask with the names of Black Americans who died as the victims of violence.
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Naomi Osaka comes back, beats Victoria Azarenka for 2nd US Open title
Tennis | Sep 13, 2020, 08:19 AM ISTSurprisingly off-kilter in the early going Saturday, Osaka kept missing shots and digging herself a deficit. Until, suddenly, she lifted her game, and Azarenka couldn’t sustain her start.
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US Open 2020 women's singles final Osaka vs Azarenka: Preview, numbers, strategy, prediction
Tennis | Sep 12, 2020, 12:45 PM ISTBoth the stalwarts will be aiming to win their third major and hence equalling the tally of Angelique Kerber for the fourth-most Grand Slam titles among active players.
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Naomi Osaka, Victoria Azarenka in US Open final; both eye 3rd Grand Slam trophy
Tennis | Sep 12, 2020, 10:13 AM ISTTurns out Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka have been far and away the two best women in the sport, which is why they will face each other Saturday in the U.S. Open final.
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US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady to reach final
Tennis | Sep 11, 2020, 08:20 AM ISTNaomi Osaka remains one win away from a third grand slam title after she beat Jennifer Brady in three sets in the US Open.
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US Open 2020: Zverev overcomes 12 double faults in quarterfinal; Naomi Osaka also enters semis
Tennis | Sep 09, 2020, 08:32 AM ISTZverev made a strong comeback after losing the first set 1-6 to beat Borna Coric in the quarterfinal, while Naomi Osaka registered a straight-set win over Shelby Rogers.
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US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka goes past Annet Kontaveit to enter quarterfinals
Tennis | Sep 07, 2020, 10:26 AM ISTNaomi Osaka, who won the U.S. Open two years ago and advanced to the quarterfinals by beating No. 14 seed Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday night.
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Naomi Osaka tosses racket, overcomes test from teenager at US Open
Tennis | Sep 05, 2020, 10:16 AM ISTTwo-time Grand Slam champion Osaka eventually figured out a way to turn a tight one into a runaway and beat 18-year-old Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 by claiming the final five games at Flushing Meadows.
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US Open 2020 | 'Don't do Instagram, go to sleep': Naomi Osaka receives virtual applause from mother
Tennis | Sep 03, 2020, 08:48 AM ISTOsaka reached the third round at US Open 2020 after registering a 6-1 6-2 victory over Camila Giorgi.
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US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka wears mask in memory of Breonna Taylor
Tennis | Sep 01, 2020, 12:51 PM ISTOn the court, Osaka beat 81st-ranked Misaki Doi 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in an all-Japanese matchup in an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Naomi Osaka out of Western & Southern Open final, citing hamstring
Tennis | Aug 29, 2020, 09:14 PM ISTThe tournament announced Osaka's decision about 90 minutes before the championship match was supposed to begin in Louis Armstrong Stadium at the site of the U.S. Open.
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Naomi Osaka withdraws from Western & Southern Open semifinal to protest racial injustice
Tennis | Aug 27, 2020, 10:10 AM ISTNaomi Osaka has pulled out of the semifinal match at the Western & Southern Open to protest the Jacob Blake shooting.