Japaneren Naomi Osaka can write the Australian Open winner, 2019 on his cv.
on Saturday, she was through a close and dramatic final against the Czech Petra Kvitova, but Osaka ended up pulling the victory with a 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.
Japaneren was otherwise on the brink of a collapse after having missed three matchbolde in a dramatic second set, but she brought herself up and won the two and a half hour long jousting.
Thus taking over the Osaka ladies ‘ seat in Melbourne from Caroline Wozniacki, who won the grand slam tournament last year.
When the world rankings are updated on Monday, she will be the first japanese person to swipe right to the top. It is also because she is back in the autumn won the US Open.
in Order to secure his second grand slam title, she had to go through a dramatic struggle, which could be tipped the other way, but Kvitova exploited its opportunities to take the match momentum.
the First set was an extremely close affair, where players failed to break each other. It will especially irk Petra Kvitova, as tilspillede five breakbolde in the course of the set, but time and time again fending off Osaka.
Japaneren got even the possibility of breaking Kvitova three times, and in two cases there was also talk about a sætbold.
But when it is not successful for any of them to make a servegennembrud, should the set be decided in the tiebreak.
Here was the physically strong japanese quickly taken over, and she won tiebreaken 7-2.
the Czech did not let himself be beat out of the many missed chances in the first set. In the second problem the second party managed it for Kvitova to make the match the first servegennembrud.
In the subsequent batch was settled on the account, as Osaka also showed that she was able to break his opponent’s serve.
As the Osaka subsequently broke for the second time, was Kvitova of the severity of the pressure.
Japaneren had the great opportunity to decide the match with yet another servegennembrud, when she played all three matchbolde in Kvitovas serve. Czech, however, was ice cold and fending off all three.
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Kvitova, however, was still forced to break the Osaka serv in order to prolong the fight.
Clearly hit by nerves failed to Osaka in his own serv and made, among other things, a double faults, so Kvitova could break to 5-5. In a rage hammered Osaka a ball away.
It looked like a collapse, as the Osaka subsequently threw the kit on the floor, as she was again broken in the own serv. On Kvitovas sætbold made Osaka a double faults.
In the short break before the third set got Osaka apparently put frustration on the shelf. She began to play at the level that had secured her matchboldene in the second set.
She broke for 2-1, and then was pressed again on Kvitovas page. Czech had the ability to equalize to 3-3, but just as in the led set she clasped her not to, when she got the chance.
When Osaka had to serve for the victory, she kept the nerves in the ro this time. Good enough she managed to miss yet another match point, but with a hard serv pressed she Kvitova to make the crucial mistakes.
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