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    WTA Tour: Naomi Osaka beats first Top 20 opponent on clay in Italian Open
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    WTA Tour: Naomi Osaka Beats First Top 20 Opponent On Clay In Italian Open

    By IANS News May 09, 2024 • 23:34 PM View: 1168
    Italian Open WTA Tour: Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka notched the first Top 20 victory on clay after returning to the circuit following a break, beating Marta Kostyuk in straight sets in a Round of 32 match in the Italian Open WTA Tour event on Thursday.

    Osaka defeated World No.20, Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the event on Thursday. Coming a day after her straight-set win over France's Clara Burel, this is the first time Osaka has posted back-to-back wins on clay since 2019.

    Osaka, who took a break for the birth of her first child, will face 10th-seed Daria Kasatkina in the third round. It will be the first meeting between the two since the 2018 Indian Wells final, which Osaka won 6-3, 6-2 to capture her first Hologic WTA Tour title. Osaka, who won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021 and the US Open in 2016 and 2020, blitzed through the 36-minute opening set with a remarkably clean set of tennis. She struck six winners to eight unforced errors and took advantage of Kostyuk's errors.

    TAGS Naomi Osaka Italian Open WTA Tour Grand Slam Marta Kostyuk Italian Open WTA Tour World No Clara Burel Daria Kasatkina Indian Wells Hologic WTA Tour Australian Open US Open The Ukrainian Porsche Tennis Grand Prix But Kostyuk
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