Naomi Osaka has eased through to the US Open semi-finals for the second time in her career seeing off Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Osaka spoke afterwards and admitted she is focused compared to previous Grand Slams and that she knows it is going to get tougher.

"I'm aware that the opponents that I play from now on are going to be very tough," 4th-seeded Osaka said, in her post-match press conference. "For me, I think the last two Grand Slams, everything happened so fast, I wasn't really in the moment. I'm just really happy to be in the semis, and hopefully I can keep going."

"The big thing for me was to be the aggressor and to be okay with making unforced errors," said Osaka. "Apparently I didn't make that many. But, yeah, just to accept the unforced errors because I know that I'm going for shots."

"I don't feel like the favourite, weirdly enough," Osaka said about her next tie with Brady. "I just feel like I'm going into a match with a really talented player, which is all of my previous matches anyway. For me, I remember watching her. I watched her match against Putintseva earlier today. I know she's a big threat."

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