Naomi Osaka reacts against Aliaksandra Sasnovich during the Western and Southern Open tennis tournament at Lindner Family Tennis Centre In Ohio August 14, 2019. — Picture by Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters
BEIJING, Oct 3 — Naomi Osaka set up a potential first meeting with US Open champion Bianca Andreescu after winning the last 10 games to surge into the China Open quarter-finals today.
The two young stars of women’s tennis will clash in the last eight in Beijing if the 19-year-old Canadian Andreescu wins her match later today against qualifier Jennifer Brady.
The 21-year-old Osaka, the reigning Australian Open champion, barrelled into the quarters with a convincing 6-4, 6-0 victory over the unseeded American Alison Riske.
The Japanese was broken early in the first set, but then reeled off 10 games in a row in venomous fashion. — AFP
