Naomi Osaka got back on track in the third set, securing the early break on her way to a 3-0 lead and a topsy-turvy victory.
Naomi Osaka cheers in a match against Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium in the second round of the Miami Open at Miami Open Tennis Complex.
Yet that was not the case as she needed more than two hours to dispose of her Belgian opponent, having dispatched the 23-times grand slam singles champion 6-3, 6-2 a year earlier. Letting her foot off the gas, the Australian and US Open champion was left muttering to herself and flipping her racket as shots that had been finding their target minutes before were sprayed all over the temporary court allowing Wickmayer back into the match.
Osaka will next face Taiwan’s 27th seed Hsieh Su-wei who was a 6-2 7-5 winner over American Alison Riske.“I haven’t really done well here compared to the other tournaments. It’s definitely been a really big goal of mine.”
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