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  Australian Open: It's Petra Kvitova vs Naomi Osaka for the title and world No.1 spot

  Tennis | January 24, 2019 13:07 IST

  Petra Kvitova defeated Danielle Collins 7-6 (2), 6-0 while Naomi Osaka downed Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the semi-finals to set up a summit clash against each other.

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  Karolina Pliskova beats Naomi Osaka on home soil to win Pan Pacific Open

  Tennis | September 23, 2018 13:33 IST

  Pliskova broke Osaka for a second time to go up 5-4 in the second set and then hammered her sixth ace to secure her 11th career title.

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  US Open champion Naomi Osaka reaches Pan Pacific Open final

  Tennis | September 22, 2018 13:25 IST

  Osaka hammered nine aces over the course of the victory and dropped just eight points in eight service games over the course of the match.

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  US Open champion Naomi Osaka storms into top-10 while Rafael Nadal stays No.1 in the latest rankings

  Tennis | September 10, 2018 19:25 IST

  Serbia's Novak Djokovic jumped three spots to third after he captured his third US Open title and 14th overall grand slam.

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  Sexism murmurs grow louder after Serena Williams fined $17,000 by the referee at US Open final

  Tennis | September 09, 2018 21:54 IST

  Williams had lost the final 6-2, 6-4 to Japan's Naomi Osaka but the game made the headlines for her allegation that Ramos treated her differently than he would a male player.

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  US Open winner Naomi Osaka receives trophy in tears amid audience boos after sexism grabs spotlight at final

  Tennis | September 09, 2018 16:54 IST

  For the first time in the United States Open, the trophy ceremony was drowned out by whistles and boos in support of the loser and against the champion.

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  US Open 2018: Serena Williams and former players blast sexism during controversial final

  Tennis | September 09, 2018 17:24 IST

  Williams was cited by official Carlos Ramos for three code violations during her 6-2, 6-4 loss to Naomi Osaka in US Open finals.

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  Naomi Osaka beats her idol Serena Williams to win US Open 2018

  Tennis | September 09, 2018 8:24 IST

  Osaka grew up rooting for Serena Williams, even did a report on her way back in third grade. Her dream was to play Serena at the U.S. Open.

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  US Open 2018: Serena Williams into 9th US Open final, will face Naomi Osaka

  Tennis | September 07, 2018 8:56 IST

  On Saturday, Williams will face No. 20 seed Osaka, a 20-year-old who is the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final.

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  Kei Nishikori, Naomi Osaka give Japan historic tennis day at US Open 2018

  Tennis | September 06, 2018 9:58 IST

  Both players won, Osaka decisively and Nishikori narrowly to give Japan a men's and women's semifinalist at the same Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

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  US Open 2018: Madison Keys to face Naomi Osaka in semis, Kei Nishikori beats Marin Cilic

  Tennis | September 06, 2018 8:48 IST

  The 14th-seeded Keys reached her third semifinal in the past five majors by using her big-strike game built on serves and forehands to overpower no. 30 Carla Suarez Navarro.

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  Naomi Osaka routs Lesia Tsurenko to power into US Open semi-finals

  Tennis | September 05, 2018 23:34 IST

  Naomi Osaka raced to a 3-0 lead in the first set and then 4-0 in the second, never giving the shaky Tsurenko a chance to get into her first major quarter-final.

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  Naomi Osaka stuns Serena Williams in first round, crashes out of Miami Open

  Tennis | March 22, 2018 10:23 IST

  Williams has been eliminated in the first round only four other times, most recently at the 2012 French Open.

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  Naomi Osaka thumps Daria Kasatkina in Indian Wells final to claim first WTA title

  Tennis | March 19, 2018 14:10 IST

  The crowd of 18,347 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday seemed to sense Osaka's nervousness, something she worked hard to hide during a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the BNP Paribas Open final.