Return of the champion: Naomi Osaka lands at Australian Open for first practice ahead of Melbourne comeback
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Former world number one Japan's Naomi Osaka has started her preparation
for the Australia Open 2023. The 26-year-old has recently returned to professional
tennis after a gap of more than one year.
Osaka, in a post on her official account on the social media
platform Instagram, posted a picture of the Rod Laver Arena as she started her preparation
ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year.
Osaka has a fabulous record while playing in Melbourne where
she has already lifted the title two times. The first of those titles came in
20219 where she defeated the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova in the final with a
score of 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4.
Two years later in 2021, Osaka once again lifted the
Australian Open when she defeated America’s Jennifer Brady in the final in
straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-3.
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Osaka’s return to the court did not go as planned at the Brisbane International. She
secured a win in the round of 64 clash against Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch in
straight sets with a score of 6-3, 7-6. However, her journey came to an end after
losing in the round of 32 to Karolina Pliskova with a score of 3-6, 7-6, 6-4.
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