Naomi Osaka had a rather good start of her season at the Brisbane International after she defeated the upcoming Australian Destanee Aiava 6-3 6-2.
Even if the scoreline wasn’t very tight, the Japanese was impressed with her opponent that was able to counterpunch her powerful shots pretty well at times.
It was like playing a younger me. OSAKA
Soon after the match, Naomi commented
“I mean this was sort of like why I felt like I feel old a little bit because it was kind of like a younger me in a way [Destanee is 18 while Noami is 20]. And I felt like when I was playing her she sort of matched my power, which was really surprising to me because there are not that many people that can do that.
So [easy-tweet tweet=”‘I’m really interested to see how she does like in the future.’ OSAKA on AIAVA” user=”tennistonic” hashtags=”osaka, aiava”]”
Naomi will face Anastasija Sevastova in the 3rd round in Brisbane. The H2H is 2-1 for the Latvian that has beaten the Japanese in their last 2 matches in straight sets.
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