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No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka superior to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the primary time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 within the U.S. Open spherical of 16 on Monday in New York.
Osaka received 15 of her 16 first-serve factors (93.8 %) and wanted simply 64 minutes to complete off her dismantling of Gauff, the 2023 winner on the Billie Jean King Center.
‘I used to be tremendous locked-in,’ Osaka stated in her on-court interview. ‘I felt like everybody wished to observe a extremely nice match and I hope that is what you bought.’
Osaka, 27, will subsequent face No. 11 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic. Muchova was a 6-3, 6-7 (0), 6-3 winner over No. 27 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.
It was no contest from the outset as Osaka reached the quarterfinals at a serious for the fifth time in her profession. She received every of the opposite 4 – twice on the Australian Open (2019, 2021) and twice on the U.S. Open (2018, 2020).
Osaka zipped by the primary two video games to start out off a robust opening set.
Gauff, 21, evened the second set at 2-2 earlier than Osaka turned it up a notch and sailed to the end.
‘This is my favourite court docket on this planet and it means a lot to be again right here,’ Osaka stated earlier than praising Gauff. ‘I look as much as her. The manner she conducts herself is de facto particular. To be such a tremendous function mannequin at such a younger age, it is a reward. I’ve all of the respect on this planet for her.’
Gauff had a tough day with 33 unforced errors and 5 double faults in opposition to simply eight winners. Both gamers had three aces.
Muchova reached the U.S. Open semifinals in every of the previous two years. Muchova and Osaka have break up 4 profession conferences, the final two of which have been at Grand Slams.
–Field Level Media