Actually, the game was over already. Naomi Osaka led in the women’s final of the Australian Open in the second set with a Break on impact Kvitovas 7:6, 5:3 and 40:0 is – is: three match points for the Japanese.
But then started a new game, an interlude that ended with tears. A game of non-abandonment and the resilience of Kvitova. A lot of krampf’s and Procrastination of Osaka. Because the 21-Year-old all three of the match points awarded shortly thereafter.
Kvitova cheered, as if she’d won the just a game. Osaka was in tears, as if she had lost it.
But they still had a Chance to pitch for the Match. And suffered the Break. Also, due to a double error. The bat flew, she cursed and struggled. It got even worse. In the next service game, she had a break chance, and forgave you. Kvitova played the suddenly solid and won the Game, also because of their strong serve. Osaka, however, lost concentration and immediately the next Game and the set. Again, you strained your nerves, under your delivery in the most stupid Moment for a double fault.
Kvitova cheered, as if she had just won the game. Osaka was in tears, as if she had lost it. She went to the bathroom, the towel over the head.
The end of the second set ended with Osaka under the towel. Image: Keystone
And again the tears
And come again launched the game. Osaka was in the first few minutes of the head, you had a presentiment of evil, but suddenly she was there again. The Winner came back. Your serve and Return as well. With the Forehand you shot out all the layers of the balls of the Czech past. There is a Break followed. Osaka showed the fist and Confidence. After 150 minutes it is fixed. Osaka beats Kvitova 7:6, 5:7, 6:4. Again the tears come. This time those of joy.
Thus, the women’s tennis has a new number 1. With the victory, the US Open champion by the number 4 in front of stumble upon the tennis throne. The daughter of a Haitian man and a Japanese woman, the majority of New York, grew up was classified a year ago as the number 72.
opponent Petra Kvitova has moved months behind. She stood for the first Time in a Final since the knife attack two years ago. At the time, a burglar cut her in the Hand. It was uncertain whether the Czech Republic could ever hold a Raquet in the Hand.
“We didn ’t even know if I would be able to hold the racquet again.”@Petra_Kvitova’s comeback story is one in a million ????#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/XLz2tc703i
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Created: 26.01.2019, 12:13 PM
