Naomi Osaka expects Thursday's French Open second-round meeting with a resu...
PARIS - Naomi Osaka expects Thursday’s French Open second-round meeting with a resurgent Victoria Azarenka to be her toughest challenge this year as the world number one struggles to find the form that won her the last two in January Grand Slam titles.
Osaka has had a series of inconsistent results amid mounting pressure since she followed up her U.S. Open success with the Australian Open title and was a bundle of nerves during her opening match in Paris on Tuesday. “She’s been playing really well recently,” Osaka said of the Belarusian, who is showing signs of returning to her best following the birth of her son Leo in 2016 and an ensuing custody battle with her former partner.
“There is no way that it’s going to be a similar match to the one I played her in Rome last year,” Osaka said. “So I’m expecting one of the hardest matches of the year.”
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