Mukhoba-Braydy winners and 20-day final
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Osaka Naomi (3rd place, Japan) defeated Serina Williams (11th place, USA) and advanced to the final of the Australian Open tennis tournament (A$80 million in total prize money, about 66.8 billion won).
Osaka won 2-0 (6-3 6-4) to Williams in the women’s singles semi-final on the 11th day of the tournament held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia on the 18th.
Osaka won the tournament in two years since 2019, and has left only one win until the fourth major singles in their career. Osaka previously won the 2018 and 2020 US Opens.
Osaka advanced with Williams by 3-1.
If Williams won this event, it could be tied to the record of the most men’s and women’s singles (24) held by Margaret Court (retired, Australia), but this was postponed to the next opportunity.
After giving birth in 2017, the first major championship was also pledged to be next.
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Osaka delivered the game with three mistakes, perhaps because of nervous tension in the first set of subgames.
However, it didn’t take long for Osaka to regain its sense of stability.
Osaka, lagging behind with a game score of 0-2, took 5 games in a row and advanced 5-2, eventually winning the first set.
After entering the second set, Osaka stood out in the lead in Williams’ strength,’power’.
After breaking Williams’ first subgame, in the second game, he ended with two consecutive 193km/h subaces, leading 2-0.
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Osaka committed three double faults in their sub-games hit in the second set 4-3 and allowed a tie.
However, he escaped the crisis by breaking the subsequent Williams serve game.
Osaka made Williams helpless with a stroke that fell deep to the left and right of the opponent’s court, and eventually made a love game and advanced with a game score of 5-4.
Osaka, which had a clear victory, also decorated the last game as a love game and confirmed the final.
Osaka will compete against the winner of the Karolina Mukhoba (27th place, Czech Republic)-Jennifer Brady (24th place, USA) to win the 20th.
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2021/02/18 13:50 sent