- Straight-sets success secures fourth major tennis crown
- Japanese player prevails 6-4, 6-3 at Melbourne Park
In this unending pandemic and a scattered, disjointed year of tennis, there has been one consistent sight throughout: Naomi Osaka exhibiting her greatness under suffocating pressure. She is already a player whose profile is in the process of transcending her sport but, most importantly, she has the résumé to back it up and it keeps on growing.
In a tight, gripping contest when she struggled and then soared, Osaka became a four-time grand slam champion at 23 by beating Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 to win her second Australian Open.
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