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Osaka Heads to Australian Open Semi-Final after Defeating Svitolina


Wed 23 Jan 2019 | 06:56 PM
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CAIRO, Jan.23 (SEE)- Japanese player Naomi Osaka extended her winning Grand Slam run to 12 matches with a dominant victory over Elina Svitolina.

The US Open champion has taken the increase in expectation and attention in her quest and needed only an hour and 12 minutes to wrap up a 6-4 6-1 win against the sixth seed.

Speaking on court, Osaka said: "I tried to be consistent, or as consistent as I can. She's a really great player. It's kind of unfortunate that she got injured. Playing against her even if she was injured was still really tough.

"I just had one goal, which was to try as hard as I can and not get angry, I think I did it really well so I'm very happy."