Monday in Singapore, the last tournament of the season WTA, gathering the 8 best rackets in the world, it was a difficult beginning of Master for the Haitian-Japanese of world tennis Naomi Osaka (20 years) 4th in the standings who faced for his first match of Master, the American Sloane Stephen who also participated in his first Master.

However, visibly nervous Naomi Osaka did not display her usual face although remaining combative she largely gave in the 3rd set [6-1]. The American Sloane Stephen, who seemed quieter, played better even though both players rarely played well at the same time. It took 2:26 to Sloane Stephen (8th overall) to defeat Naami 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 and win the first victory of the Red Group

Recall that Naomi (4th in the world) plays in the Red Group composed of Angelique Kerber (Germany, 2nd since 21st October), Sloane Stephens (USA, 8th) and Kiki Bertens (Netherlands, 10th)

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-25785-icihaiti-tennis-naomi-osaka-4th-in-the-world-soon-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25487-haiti-tennis-naomi-osaka-proud-of-her-haitian-origins.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25476-haiti-flash-the-haitiano-japanese-naomi-osaka-wins-the-us-open-against-serena-william.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23897-icihaiti-tennis-the-haitian-japanese-naomi-osaka-crush-serena-williams.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23856-icihaiti-tennis-the-japanese-of-haitian-origin-naomi-osaka-wins-the-tournament-indian-wells-2018.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22548-icihaiti-flash-a-haitian-japanese-world-star-of-tennis-visiting-haiti.html

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