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“It was tough for me trying to control my nerves,” says Osaka on court afterwards with customary honesty. She then thanks the crowd for turning out - self-deprecatingly suggesting they didn’t come to see her play. She is as far from the cookie-cutter athlete as you could imagine in the modern era.
Second set: Osaka* 6-2 6-4 Bouzkova (*denotes server): A solid service game to see things off for Naomi Osaka. Far from top form but a solid hit-out to get her campaign up and running. The unforced errors will give her and new coach Wim Fissette something to work on but a banana akin has been sidestepped.
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