Published: August 26, 2020
- Elise Mertens is next up for the Japanese player
- Azarenka, Djokovic and Bautista Agut also through
Naomi Osaka marked herself as one of the early US Open favourites as she engineered an excellent recovery at the Western & Southern Open in New York, beating Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the semi-finals.
Osaka had entered lockdown in a rut after starting her season with a poor loss to the-then 15-year-old Coco Gauff at the Australian Open as defending champion, before a startling 6-3, 6-0 loss to Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain followed in the Fed Cup. But the break allowed the Japanese player to work on herself and to think about life outside tennis, and she has returned refreshed.
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