Osaka came up from behind to defeat the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova on Saturday in a dramatic culmination to the Australian Open.
Osaka defeated Kvitova with a score of 7:6 (7-2), 5-7,6-4 in a grueling match that lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes and saw the Japanese player regrouping in the second set.
With Saturday’s victory, Osaka became the Women’s Tennis Association’s No.
