“No,” Osaka replied, but she was laughing. Osaka, 21, who was born in Japan and is based in Florida, had already squared herself once, picking her game up after dropping the first set and falling behind 2-4, 0-40 in the second against Taiwan’s Hsieh, a big-seed slayer with a bedeviling slice. By rising to hold off Hsieh 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, Osaka showed that she is more than O.K. She proved that she is maturing in front of everybody’s eyes like a Polaroid picture. Osaka struggled with her composure early on against Sevastova in what turned out to be a prelude to a hissy fit.

Source: New York Times January 19, 2019 10:32 UTC