Tuesday, the Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka (21, seeded 4th in the world), big favorite of the tournaments, eagerly awaited in Melbourne this year did not disappoint.

Naomi easily won at "Rod Laver Arena" her first match for her entry to the Australian Open in 58 minutes and 2 sets, against Poland's Magda Linette (26, 80th) [6-4, 6 -2] with 96% of the points won and 30 winners in front of an acquired public.

Naomi made 16 winners in the first set [6-4] and 15 in the second set [6-2], she was unstoppable in her services pushing the Polish to commit 17 unforced errors in this game.

Qualified for the second round, Naomi will play on Thursday the 21-year-old Solvene player Tamara Zidanšek (78th)

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26645-icihaiti-tennis-naomi-osaka-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26589-haiti-tennis-brisbane-tournament-naomi-osaka-eliminated-in-semifinal.html

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

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