Fourth Seed Osaka Powers Into Australian Open Second Round

Zeeshan Mehtab Published January 15, 2019 | 07:44 PM

Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame a nervous start to ease into the Australian Open second round Tuesday with a straight sets win over Magda Linette of Poland

Melbourne, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) :Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame a nervous start to ease into the Australian Open second round Tuesday with a straight sets win over Magda Linette of Poland.

The US Open champion downed Linette 6-4, 6-2 in just under an hour to set up a meeting with Tamara Zidansek of Slovakia in the next round.

"I felt really nervous walking onto the court but then when I started playing I just felt really happy and grateful that I'm able to play in front of such a great crowd," she said.