Osaka threw Serena out of Miami
Japanese Naomi Osaka eliminated eight-time champion Serena Williams (USA) in the first round of the strong tennis tournament in hard courts in Miami with a prize pool of 7, 97 million dollars. Osaka won 6:3, 6:2 for 77 minutes and continued his series of eight consecutive wins after winning the race in Indian Wells last week. The match started equally, but after 3:3 the Japanese took seven of the next eight games on their way to success. `I was very nervous when I was on the court, Serena was my favorite tennis player, it was like a dream come true to play against her, and I`m really happy and I`m even happier to be able to beat her, ` said Osaka, which puts 7 aces and a total of 18 winnings in the match. `Serena is one of the reasons to start tennis, I`ve seen it so many times on TV, and I`ve always been for her, and I had to try to get away from the thought of playing against her and imagining, that was a simple rival against me, which was quite difficult, `she added.
Williams returned to court earlier this month after more than a year of absence because of pregnancy and childbirth. She had problems with the wind and failed to adjust her hits by making 28 uninvoiced mistakes. In the second round Osaka will play against number 4 Elina Svitolina (Ukraine).
Three-time champion Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) started with a 6:3, 6:0 victory over host Catherine Belis in her second tournament from contact with sport tipster in the last eight months.
`I`m glad to be back on the court, it`s good to start winning, I`m still in the tournament, and I do not want to be too excited after a success, I hope to improve my game and achieve the goals, commented the player from Belarus.
Azarenka will play in the second round against number 14 Madison Keynes (USA).
The Belgian Kirsten Flipkens defeated Romania`s Mihaela Buzarnescu with 6:2, 6:3 and in the second round will meet her defending title and 11th in the Johanna Conta (UK) scheme.
The Wimbledon Champion and number 3 in the scheme, Garbie Mougrussa (Spain), ranked for the third round without a game. She had to meet the qualifier Amanda Anisimova (USA), but the 16-year-old tennis player suffered an ankle injury in her win over the Chinese Van Chiang 6:3, 1:6, 6:2 and gave up.
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