- Updates as the first tennis grand slam of the year begins
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First set: Naomi Osaka 3-0 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova* (* denotes next server) Osaka races to 40-0 before a long forehand blots an otherwise perfect copybook this game. She seals it without further ado and it’s looking very comfortable for the three-time grand slam champion.
First set: Naomi Osaka* 2-0 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (* denotes next server) No sign of that niggling injury so far as Osaka breaks for the first time today. The Japanese shows her class with a wonderful forehand winner before she levels things up at 30-30, but she then returns into the net to give Pavlyuchenkova game point. The Russian fails to capitalise though, and it proves a costly miss as a backhand winner then paves the way for Osaka to open up a two-game advantage.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2021/feb/08/australian-open-2021-tennis-live-day-one-schedule-draw-naomi-osaka-serena-williams-fixture-order-of-play-coverage-latest-news-updates
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