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‘I felt intimidated,’ says Naomi Osaka despite remarkable comeback win at Australian Open


Naomi Osaka said she felt ‘a bit intimidated’ going into her Australian Open match against Garbine Muguruza, but she was able to go through regardless.

Osaka looked like she was on the brink of losing the match when the Spaniard was a break up in the third set and earned two match points on the Osaka serve.

However, the Japanese star somehow managed to break back when Muguruza was serving for the match, before securing a second break at the death to score an unlikely win.

“I feel like I was a bit intimidated because I knew she was playing really well coming into this match,” Naomi Osaka said on court after the match.

“For me, I feel like in the stressful points, I feel like I have to go within myself and I know that today I probably hit a lot of unforced errors.

“I think it was something I needed to do because I couldn’t really give her any shortfalls because she would finish it.”


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