Osaka beats Zidansek to move into round 3 of Australian Open
Thursday - January 17, 2019 2:58 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Japan's Naomi Osaka downed Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open here on Thursday.Zidansek put up a fight and after the match, Osaka indicated there was room for improvement, reports Efe news."I served pretty well - I got broken twice, but she was a really great opponent," Osaka said."I'll try to play better next time."The reigning US Open champion and world No.4 will meet Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei (seeded 28th to Osaka's 4th) in round three for the third time at the event, after Hsieh beat Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-4.
--IANS kk/bg
--IANS kk/bg
