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The prestigious US Open women’s tennis tournament, where the Japanese triumphed, ended on Sunday in New York (USA). Naomi osaka (WTA-9), final by 1 val. 54 min. 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 defeating the Belarusian Viktorija Azarenka (WTA-27).
This was the fourth match between these players and N. Osaka’s third victory.
At just 22 years old, Osaka has already triumphed in three “Big Accent” tournaments, and in the two finals played at the US Open. Back in 2018, she defeated Serena Williams and then won her first Great Accent trophy.
This N. Osaka match did not start as expected. V. Azarenka dominated quite well, twice “breaking” the opponent and winning the first set in just 26 minutes. However, N. Osaka managed to get back into the game, took advantage of V. Azarenko’s mistakes, won the second and third sets and celebrated the victory.
Osaka became the first finalist since 1994 to lose the first set but win the match.
Prior to this encounter, N. Osaka had “broken” only five times during the entire journey to the final, but in the first set alone, Azarenka won the opponent’s competitions three times. Osaka also made 13 unprovoked errors and 2 double errors.
When asked after the Osaka game how she managed to come back, the tennis player openly replied: “I thought it would be a great shame to lose the final in an hour, so I had to try my best and end up with a bad attitude.”
Osaka significantly improved her lead in the second and third sets, although both sets were much closer than the result shows.
Regaining the second place trophies, V. Azarenka joked that he would like to face N.Osaka again in the final, while the winner had a different opinion.
“I want to congratulate Vika. In fact, I wouldn’t want to play with you in the final anymore. I wasn’t really happy about that. It was a very difficult match and I’m really inspired by him, because he watched your game when I was younger, so I’m very happy to have the opportunity to play with you and learn a lot, “said Osaka.
In 2018 and 2020. N. Osaka also has US Open 2019 trophies in its collection. Australian Open Award.
Azarenka, 31, has won two “Great Accent” champion titles, but this final was her first after a break of more than seven years.
The total prize pool for the US Open is $ 53.4 million. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
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