‘Fight for everything’: Osaka hoping Auckland success can enhance legacy

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Osaka reaches first final since 2022

Former world number one Naomi Osaka reached her first final since 2022 on Saturday as she swept aside unseeded American Alycia Parks at the Auckland Classic. The four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan won 6-4, 6-2 in another confidence boost ahead of the Australian Open starting on January 12 in…

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‘Fight for everything’: Osaka hoping Auckland success can enhance legacy

On Sunday morning at her Auckland hotel, Naomi Osaka will sit down to a familiar breakfast. Ahead of the 2025 ASB Classic final, the Japanese star will have...

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Naomi Osaka Qualifies For Her First WTA Final Since 2022 And Her First Since Becoming A Mother

Naomi Osaka will be competing in the final of the ASB Classic in New Zealand on Sunday, where she will face Denmark’s Clara Tauson for the first time. The tennis player won 6-4 6-2 in the semi-final against Alycia Parks. Osaka said it wasn’t an easy win despite the final score.  “I was just trying to survive. She was hitting such amazing shots. I kept thinking to myself ‘Give her one more ball to play try to get lucky,’” she said about her game …

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After the rain ravaged the schedule of the ASB Classic on Friday, a busy Saturday in Auckland ended with the expected return of Naomi Osaka and Clara Tauson to an individual WTA final.Osaka, ex-number 1 of the world and who was a mother in 2023, qualified for the final after imposing 6-4 and 6-2 on Alycia Parks. Osaka took 1 hour and 11 minutes to defeat Parks, thus sealing his pass to his first final from the runner-up to Iga Swiatek in Miami 2…

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Tennis: Naomi Osaka reaches 1st WTA final since return at ASB Classic

Japan's former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka reaches the ASB Classic tennis tournament final in Auckland after beating Alycia Parks of the United States 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals.

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Facing Clara Tauson in the final on Sunday, the Japanese woman will seek her first title on the circuit since the Australian Open in 2021.