(Agence France-Presse) (The Jakarta Post)
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Melbourne, Australia ● Tue, January 18 2022
A nervous Naomi Osaka opened the defense of her Australian Open title with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-3 win against Colombia’s Camila Osorio, but stumbled mid-match after winning the first five games.
The Japanese former world number one pulled out of a warm-up event in Melbourne before the tournament after three matches, saying her “body got a shock” after playing for the first time in four months.
She showed few ill-effects in beating her 50th-ranked opponent on Rod Laver Arena, but it was far from clinical.
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