BEIJING, Oct 5: US Open champion Naomi Osaka overcame her emotions to roar back and defeat unseeded Zhang Shuai 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a roller-coaster China Open quarterfinal on Friday.
The 20-year-old Japanese was broken on her first two service games and had tears in her eyes as the match threatened to slip away in the second set.
But the world number six gathered herself and � although she continued to look glum and flung her racquet about � found the resolve to pull through over three nail-biting sets.
BEIJING, Oct 5: US Open champion Naomi Osaka overcame her emotions to roar back and defeat unseeded Zhang Shuai 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a roller-coaster China Open quarterfinal on Friday.
The 20-year-old Japanese was broken on her first two service games and had tears in her eyes as the match threatened to slip away in the second set.
But the world number six gathered herself and � although she continued to look glum and flung her racquet about � found the resolve to pull through over three nail-biting sets.
