Naomi Osaka beat Coco Gauff to arrive at us open quarterfinals

New York – Naomi Osaka eliminated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 at 64. Minutes on the US opened on Monday to reach the first Grand Slam quarterfinal in more than 4½ years.

Osaka is progressing in its fifth big quarterfinals and first to give birth to Shai daughter in July 2023. years. Each time Osaka made a major-in-law of Major, she continued to win, her last slam coming at 2021 Australian Open.

“This is somehow impatient territory at the moment of my career,” Osaka said, a 27-year-old who was born in Japan and moved to the USA with his family at 3. years. “I enjoy it. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I’m having fun. I am having fun. I am having fun. I am having fun

Osaka no. 23 Sam was better in full of 3 gauff, whose repeated mistakes during a tournament that was almost a constant struggle for her really made a difference.

However, Gauff has introduced himself afterwards: “I don’t want to let me crash me.”

Osaka presented behavior, great service and flourishing strikes that carried it up to four main championships, all on hard courts. These titles arrived in the United States opened in 2018. and 2020. years, and at the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021. Years.

It was later on the open French later in 2021. years that Osaka helped challenge the global mental health conversation revealing that she felt anxiety and depression. Then she took a series of breaks from the tour.

That latest trophy in Melbourne Park was the last time it was Osaka even if it was even further than the fourth round in any straw to this match against Gauff, a 21-year-old from Florida, which has two main trophies. He first arrived at the rinsing of meadows in 2023. years, and the other on the French open this June.

For Osaka, this signifies the return to its best game because it joined the tour after 17 per month maternity leave.

“I’m a little sensitive and I don’t want to cry, but honestly, I just got so much fun,” Osaka said first in 2019. years, also at Arthur Ashe, and also won it.

“I was on stalls like two months after I was born my daughter, I watch Coco. I just really wanted the opportunity to go here and play,” said Osaka on the crowd. “This is my favorite court in the world and that means so much I’ll be back here.”

Gauff went upset. Its problematic service was fine; Other moves were a problem. She ended with 33 unsighted mistakes – far more than Osaka 12.

In addition, Osaka serving and return were great. She won 32 of 38 points she served – 15 of the 16 when he first served – and never faced a break. She also turned all four charms chances she earned.

“She made me get every point there today,” Gauff admitted.

Osaka used her forehand, her best stroke, go after Gauff’s forhand, her worst.

By the end of the first set, Gauff made 16 unnecessary errors and Osaka only five. By the end of the match, 20 of Guaff’s unfinished errors was outside the party.

“After the game, I was really disappointed. Somehow he interrupted my team,” Gauff said. “Then we hear their perspectives and everything, there are definitely many positive things.”

Wednesday, Osaka will face seed no. Karolina in civilian – Who received a 45-year-old Venus Williams In three sets in the first round of this US, opened – for a berth in the semifinals. Muthova, French open runner 2023. years and semifinals in New York in the last two years, Advanced to quarterfinals With 6-3, 6-7 (0), 6-3 victories no. 27 Marta Kostiuk Ukraine.

Muclova, 29-year-olds from the Czech Republic, became the fourth woman in the open ERI to win three in four flat rounds in leaching meadows, Lesley Hunt (1978), Silvia Hanika (1979) and The rest of the deer (2023).

Muclova won Osaka in the second round last year at the US Open.

“She was always one of the most talented tennis players there, and she is physically moving really good, and she is very strong,” Osaka said. “So that will be a really difficult challenge.”

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