Naomi Osaka (23 = Nissin Foods), aiming for the second victory in the world rankings, won the 17th Australian Open, beating Kimiko Date and rising to second place in the number of all-time Japanese women’s victories in Australia. Former 4th and 43rd place in the world Caroline Garcia (France) defeated 6-2, 6-3 in a row. The tournament itself also jumped from the fastest 195 km / h service and never gave a break point. In the third round they will face Jabourg (Tunisia), who is in position 30. Both will be the first match.

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During the match, a man cheers “I love you!” They flew to Osaka from the spectator seats. After the game, in an interview with the winner, he said “Thank you” with a big smile. Grab the hearts of fans with tennis that fascinates the world. With only a 61-minute victory, he did not let the former fourth-place world play.

From a hard hit serve with a straight trajectory, to a horizontal rotation, a vertical rotation, etc., you can nail the opponent with various serves. In the first match, he was wary of “a tough opponent who doesn’t know what to do,” so he must win first on serve.

“Bonn!” 2nd set 4-2 advantage. At the first point of Osaka’s service game, a ridiculous pounding sound was echoed. It serves at 195 km / h and 195 km / h. Scoring the fastest in the tournament itself, she was the second fastest for all women after S. Williams’ 200km.

In that service, there were only two aces in the first round, but today there are ten. Far from losing the service game, he showed a power difference on the scoreboard without giving a break point even once.

For the first time in a long time, the natural “Naomi-bushi” also appeared. “When I dream, it comes true,” insists Masamu. And “I had a dream of losing this game last night.” I was scared, so I checked with everyone on the team and said, “It’s a little easier.” “I can’t do anything with the other person. I tried to focus on myself, and when I served, I won,” he smiled.

With this single victory, he increased his record for the most consecutive wins in the first round to 16. The Australian Open also scored 17 victories. Beating Kimiko Date, who was ranked in the number of victories, she rose to second place in the history of Japanese women. Ai Sugiyama has the most of 19 wins and the remaining 2 wins. Lined up in the fourth round, and best advance of 8, it will be the biggest win in the history of Japanese Australian women.

The next round, Jabourg, is the top eight of the Australian Open last year. He’s 167cm tall and never tall, but he’s an all-rounder and a fighter who can do anything. Although it is not an official match, it was played in the Rising Star match that took place in the final round of the 2015 tour, and Osaka won at that time. It warns that it is a “hostile adversary”, but the advance does not seem to stop.[Tadahiro Yoshimatsu]

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