Technicality keeps Barty atop WTA rankings
Ash Barty has kept her No.1 world ranking thanks to a WTA technicality as Naomi Osaka has emerged as the form women’s player in tennis
Osaka popularity rockets in Japan
Naomi Osaka’s Australian Open triumph went into orbit yesterday as a Japanese astronaut sent greetings from the international space station. Astronaut Soichi Noguchi wrote: “Naomi
Osaka slays Serena in straight sets
Naomi Osaka moved ruthlessly into the Australian Open final today, with an emphatic 6-3, 6-4 win over 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams. With fans
It was a battle: Osaka through to semis
Three-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka became the first woman to reach the Australian Open semifinals with a straight sets 6-2, 6-2 win over Hsieh
Osaka survives scare to down Muguruza
No. 3 seed Naomi Osaka saved two match points before going on to take her winning streak to 18 matches straight beating last year’s losing
Osaka wins baseline battle to progress
Naomi Osaka moved ominously into the last 16 of the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-2 win over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in Melbourne today. Osaka
Osaka off to a flying start in Melbourne
The former world No. 1 and No. 3 seed Naomi Osaka got the Australian Open off to a flying start beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2,6-1
Hard road to victory for Serena: Australian Open women’s draw
If Serena Williams does win her 24th major in Melbourne this month then she will have done it the hard way, after this year’s draw