Serena Williams defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-3 while Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty got the better of Zheng Saisai and Polona Hercog 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4 respectively.
Naomi pulled it together quickly in a swirling breeze on Margaret Court Arena, though, and beat Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
Top-ranked Ash Barty lost the first set of her first-round match at the Australian Open, where she's aiming to be the first homegrown winner in more than 40 years, before recovering to beat Leisa Tsurenko 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
Naomi Osaka defated Kiki Bertens 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 while Petra Kvitova beat qualifier Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-2. Madison Keys got the better of fellow American Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-1.
While Madison Keys won in straight sets, Naomi Osaka defeated Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-7 6-3 to enter the second round of Brisbane International.
An extended break meant she got to take a trip to the Caribbean — her first real vacation, she said — and that's where things got slightly out of her control.
Defending Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, who is on the other side of the draw, has a first-round match against Maria Sakkari.
Alternate Kiki Bertens will take Naomi Osaka's place against Ash Barty Barty later Tuesday.
The Olympic Channel says Osaka, who plays under a Japanese flag in WTA events and in the Fed Cup, has told national broadcaster NHK that she has started proceedings to choose Japanese citizenship.
Osaka bounced back from a set down to top-seeded Ash Barty, cruising through the final two sets to defeat the top-seeded Australian 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and accomplish her goal of returning to winning form on the tour's Asian leg.
Andy Murray's impressive run in the China Open came to an end in the quarterfinals, but Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty proceeded to the semis in the women's singles.
In the men's draw, world number 19 John Isner fired off 21 on his way to a hard-fought 7-6 (3), 7-5 win over British qualifier Daniel Evans in just under two hours.
Days after facing a fourth round-exit in the US Open, Naomi Osaka announced that she will be parting ways with her coach, Jermaine Jenkins.
Naomi Osaka joined 2018 men's champion Novak Djokovic on the sideline before the quarterfinals, exiting with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to the 13th-seeded Belinda Bencic.
Naomi Osaka swept aside Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-0 in the third round of US Open and will now face 13th-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the next round.
Rafael Nadal defeated John Millman 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 while Naomi Osaka stuttered before winning over at Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.
Osaka, who beat Serena Williams in last year's final for her first Grand Slam title, recently regained the top spot in the WTA rankings from Ash Barty.
Naomi Osaka, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, is concerned about her chances of making another deep run in New York.
In the Barty-Sharapova tie, the Australian fired 18 winners, breaking Sharapova four times as the Russian made 31 unforced errors in her 6-4, 6-1 defeat.
Serena Williams registered a straight-set victory over Naomi Osaka to storm into the semifinals of the Rogers Cup.
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