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MELBOURNE — Defending cham-pion Naomi Osaka battled through to the second round of the Aus-tralian Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Colombia’s Camila Osorio on Monday.
Seeded 13th following a self-imposed break from tennis to care for her mental health, Osaka looked out of practice at times, nearly hit-ting the chair umpire with a miscued forehand in the final game of the second set.
But the 24-year-old from Japan eventually wrapped up the match against her 50th-ranked opponent in 1 hour, 8 minutes.
She finished with 19 winners to Osorio’s five, but her 28 unforced errors showed room for improvement ahead of a second-round meeting with American Madison Brengle.
Osaka, who has won two of her four Grand Slams at Melbourne Park, said it felt good to be back at one of her favorite venues.
“I have a lot of really good memories here. It just feels really nice to start the year always in this tournament,” former world No. 1 Osaka said.
“I thought I played really well given the circumstances. I didn’t really have that much information on my opponent. I thought she played amazing.”
Osaka was set to open Tuesday night play at Rod Laver Arena against Brengle. With a win, Osaka could possibly face top-seeded Ash Barty, who is trying to become the first Australian woman in 44 years to win the tournament.
Osaka pulled out in the semifinals of her WTA tune-up event in Melbourne earlier this month with an abdominal injury.
The year’s first Grand Slam opened on Monday without Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, the men’s world No. 1 and nine-time Australian Open champion.
Djokovic was deported from Australia following a highly publicized legal battle centering on his lack of vaccination for COVID-19.
In men’s action, Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka was eliminated in the first round by Moldova’s Radu Albot 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
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