Tennis-Osaka turns nightmare into a dream to reach third round


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 10, 2021 Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her second round match against France's Caroline Garcia REUTERS/Loren Elliott

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka dreamt that she would lose her second round match at the Australian Open but the reality was a comfortable 6-2 6-3 victory over Caroline Garcia on Wednesday.

Garcia was unable to muster up a single break point over the contest as the Japanese third seed put in a rock-solid performance punctuated with 10 aces on a balmy evening on Rod Laver Arena.

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