While the obvious talent Haitian-Japanese Osaka showed on court indicates that more experience can only keep her on the rise from her current ranking of number 48 in the world, Konta is on a sharper trajectory. "I think both of us have come a long way since the last time we played," an effervescent Konta told reporters after her 6-4 6-2 victory. I knew going into the match I had played her once previously, and we had two close sets. Konta is building on a roaring start to the year, with last week's warm-up win in Sydney, the city of her birth. True to the philosophy of the process-oriented athlete, Konta suggested that she had plenty of work to do before her meeting with former world number one Wozniacki.

Source: dna January 19, 2017 08:09 UTC