Naomi Osaka
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Naomi Osaka edges Petra Kvitova for Australian Open title, to become No. 1 in WTA ranking
Tennis | Jan 26, 2019, 05:09 PM ISTThe victory allows the 21-year-old Osaka to become the first tennis player from Japan to reach No. 1 in the rankings.
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Australian Open: It's Petra Kvitova vs Naomi Osaka for the title and world No.1 spot
Tennis | Jan 24, 2019, 01:07 PM ISTPetra 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 | Sep 23, 2018, 01:33 PM ISTPliskova 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 | Sep 22, 2018, 01:25 PM ISTOsaka 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 | Sep 10, 2018, 07:25 PM ISTSerbia'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 | Sep 09, 2018, 09:54 PM ISTWilliams 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 | Sep 09, 2018, 04:54 PM ISTFor 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 | Sep 09, 2018, 05:24 PM ISTWilliams 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 | Sep 09, 2018, 08:24 AM ISTOsaka 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 | Sep 07, 2018, 08:56 AM ISTOn 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 | Sep 06, 2018, 09:58 AM ISTBoth 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 | Sep 06, 2018, 08:48 AM ISTThe 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 | Sep 05, 2018, 11:34 PM ISTNaomi 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 | Mar 22, 2018, 10:23 AM ISTWilliams 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 | Mar 19, 2018, 02:10 PM ISTThe 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.