Tennis – Australian Open – Women’s Singles Final – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2019. Japan’s Naomi Osaka reacts during her match against Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 to become the first Japanese player to win the Australian Open on Saturday.
The win made fourth seed Osaka the first player from an Asian country to claim the world number one ranking.
Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Kirsten Donovan
source: reuters.com