Naomi Osaka said Simona Halep was getting really close to winning until she pulled out from the tournament due to a hip injury.
STUGGART: World number one Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had “dodged a bullet” after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week’s tournament in Stuttgart.
“She was getting really close,” said Osaka, who is less than 200 points ahead of Halep in the WTA rankings. “I feel like I dodged a bullet there.” She is definitely no longer a ‘nobody’, having won back-to-back Grand Slam titles in the United States and Australia since September.“It is something that happened really quickly. In the beginning it was tough for me, because I put a lot of pressure on myself,” she said.Osaka has not won a title since her Australian Open triumph in January, suffering early exits at three recent WTA tournaments.“I feel like I get in trouble for answering questions like this.
Osaka is expected to play her first game on Thursday, where she faces a potential clash with Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei, who beat her in Miami last month.Reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber, meanwhile, has recovered from illness in time to launch her clay season on home soil as she eyes a career Grand Slam in Paris this year.
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