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Naomi Osaka, She is just 22 years old and already won 3 major titles with two US Opens and one Australian Open. She won first US Open back in 2018 and the Australian Open in 2019. After two years she did it again and win another US Open. She is playing for Japan.
She played like a warrior and she has a tough mentality just like Nadal. She won the 2020 US Open and how she won it, This should have happened with the stadium full of crowds. Osaka wore different masks honoring victims of racial injustice and police brutality in each round of the tournament.
Osaka is the first player who won a title after losing the first set of a match since 1994 which is before 25 years. No one did this in the last 25 years until Osaka able to do it in this US Open final.
Set 1
Osaka made an unforced error by hitting a ball outside of a line to give the first break to Azarenka. Azarenka won the second game in a set without giving any point. Azarenka went ahead in a set with 2-0. Osaka won the third game of a set with an unforced error by Azarenka. After this Azarenka took 4 games and take a set 6-1.
Set 2
Azarenka took the first game in a set with ease. In the second game, Azarenka got 2 breakpoints with going ahead 15-40 on Osaka's serve and took the second game with 3 consecutive points. Azarenka took the first 2 games in a second set. Azarenka had a chance to extend a lead to 3-0 but Osaka made comeback and took the third game by breaking the serve of Azarenka. Osaka took his serving game and tied at 2-2. In the seventh game of a set Azarenka made a mistake and Osaka got a breakpoint. Azarenka hit a ball out of the line and Osaka took game 7 and 4-3 lead in a set. Osaka took her serving game and once again she broke Azarenka's serve to take a set with 6-3. Azarenka had game points in game 9 of a set but she also missed this opportunity. Osaka took the last game of a set with hard-hitting shots.
Set 3
Osaka took the first game of a set with a perfect online shot. Osaka broke the 4th game of Azarenka's serve in a set with her powerful hitting and took a 3-1 lead in a set. Once again in Azarenka had a chance to come back in a game but she missed it. She was ahead with 0-40 on Osaka's serve with 3 breakpoints but Osaka got back breakpoints and take the 5th game of a set. Osaka took 5 consecutive points to take a game 5 of a set. Azarenka got a breakpoint in a game 7 of a set and this time she was successful to take a game but Osaka took back 8th game of a set by breaking Azarenka's serve and in the next game on her own serve she took the game, set, and match to become the champion of US Open.
Osaka won a game and championship against Azarenka with 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
After the game, Osaka said," It was a really tough match, but inspiring as I used to watch you(Azarenka) play here when I was younger. So just to have the opportunity to play is really great and I learned a lot. I thought it would be very embarrassing to lose in under an hour, so I had t stop having a Bad Attitude, and the point was to make people start talking. "
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