Osaka went into the match as firm favourite but looked flat from the outset as Tsurenko raced through the match in just 65 minutes. “If I’m being really frank, I just feel like I had the worst attitude today,” she said. “I feel like I didn’t really know how to cope with not playing well. “I think today I learned… what I can do to improve the situation,” she said. “I feel more strong now, so I can kind of handle every kind of pressure on court, even when someone like Naomi is playing really strong.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2019 06:22 UTC