If Johanna Konta goes on to win the Australian Open it will be with the sort of controlled efficiency she showed to overpower the Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena on day four. Konta’s serving was phenomenal, hitting 89%, so the Japanese teenager was doing well to even make a game of it. She moved well and her repeatable, machine-like serving action provided a solid base for her open-court game. Those were numbers that the promising Osaka, who saved two match points, could not cope with. Naomi is one of the up and coming players, with really impressive results over the past year or so.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2017 01:39 UTC