Osaka shatters Serena’s aura to reach final
Australian Open third seed is adopting her opponent’s legendary ruthlessness
18 February 2021 - 14:29
Melbourne — The intimidation factor of Serena Williams lasted two games for Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open on Thursday before she turned the tables on the US great and stormed into her second Melbourne final with a dominant 6-3 6-4 win at Rod Laver Arena.
After dropping serve and falling 2-0 behind, Osaka said she needed to focus on her own game to end Williams’ bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title...
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