MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has credited Chris Evert for her rapid rise into Grand Slam contention, saying she found it easy to take the American's advice to heart because of her Hall of Fame career.
U.S. Open champion Osaka, who overhauled Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei in three sets at Margaret Court Arena to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open, even risked the wrath of her coach Sascha Bajin by saying she found Evert a "little bit more believable" than the German.
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