Melbourne: Naomi Osaka of Japan won the Australian Open 2021 Women’s Singles title by defeating Jennifer Brady in straight sets. This is his fourth Grand Slam title. They beat Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the final.
The special thing is that Naomi Osaka won the fourth title by playing for the 8th time in the Grand Slam tournament. Owing to her strong service, Osaka scored 6–0 to score the Major Finals 4–0 and she is the first female player to do so after Monica Selles started her career 30 years ago.
4-0 in Grand Slam finals @naomiosaka | #AusOpen | # AO2021 pic.twitter.com/6eQFXDqmYD
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Osaka won the US Open title last year. He also won the trophy of US Open in 2018 and Australian Open in 2019. 23-year-old Osaka was born in Japan but moved to the US with her family when she was 3 years old. At the same time, 25-year-old American player Jennifer Brady was playing her first Grand Slam final.
“I’ve missed you, Daphne.” @naomiosaka | # AO2021 | #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/6NCorCfBFP
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When Brady arrived in Australia in January, he had to undergo a rigorous 15-day quarantine due to someone being found to be COVID-19 positive in flight. Around 7,500 spectators were allowed to sit in the stadium while the entry of spectators was stopped at the start of the tournament for 5 days due to the Kovid-19 lockdown.
“I think I belong at this level. I think winning a Grand Slam is totally achievable.”
A positive @ jennifurbrady95 after her first Grand Slam singles final experience #AusOpen | # AO2021 pic.twitter.com/lF2kvxUph5
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Currently, there are only 2 active female players who have more Grand Slam titles than Osaka and Serena Williams (23) and Venus Williams (7). Now the next task for Osaka will be to improve her performance on clay and grass as she could not reach the third round at the French Open or Wimbledon.
“You don’t go into a final wanting to be the runner up.”@naomiosaka opens up about the reasoning for being so nervous prior to the final.#AusOpen | # AO2021 pic.twitter.com/AKryeTMwbu
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The opening set of the finals was 4 all on 20 February, when Brady won a brilliant winner, which encouraged the audience sitting in the stadium cheering him. This gave him a break point but Osaka overcame it with a cross court farhand winner and Brady’s two mistakes made the score 5-4.
“I told everyone that you were going to be a problem and I was right.”
An Osaka-style compliment, no doubt @ jennifurbrady95 @naomiosaka | # AO2021 | #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/UMnukGGMlD
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Naomi Osaka then set her name after a service break in which Jennifer Brady’s double foul also helped. In the second set, Osaka went 4–0, which was part of 6 consecutive game points, and then they easily won it.
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