ONE System | 20/02/2021 10:45
Osaka (Reuters) speeches
Osaka’s speeches did it again. The Japanese, ranked 3rd in the world, today (Saturday) defeated the American Jennifer Brady (ranked 24) in the Australian Championship final with 4: 6 and 3: 6, won the tournament for the second time, maintained a perfect balance in the finals and achieved a fourth Grand Slam in her career thanks to her victory The 21st in a row.
The Japanese played excellently and showed dominance from the start when she broke twice in the first set, and also in the second did not have too much difficulty and thus became the first woman with a 0: 4 balance in the Grand Slam final since Monica Sells – the Japanese defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 US Championship, Kabitova In Australia in 2019, the Azarenka in New York a few months ago and now also Brady.
The American certainly deserves praise despite the loss. She has looked great since the beginning of 2020 and is only the fifth woman out of the top 20 to reach the final in Australia since the early 2000s. In 2014 Osaka lost to Brady as a girl in Texas when they were both out of the top 200, and now came the closing of the top on the part of the Japanese.
First set: 4: 6 to Osaka
Osaka opened the game in a fantastic way, kept its submissions, frustrated the American who did not reach the first point and went up to0: 1. In the American submissions she had already risen to 0:40 but Osaka returned to 40:40 and forced Brady to sweat on the way to1: 1. The Japanese first made a mistake when it was time to submit again but recovered quickly and went up to1: 2 pretty easily.
At this point in time the American had already broken down in her submissions and the Japanese who wrote the beat had risen to1: 3 It is important. At the same time, the American did not give up, broke Osaka back after 40:40 and reduced to3: 2. Brady managed to keep her submissions perfectly and equaled to3: 3 exciting. Osaka had a hard time when it was his turn but stood up well and went up to3: 4.
Brady almost broke once more, and in a 40:40 situation Osaka was not far from deciding the point in her favor, but the American showed character and equalized to4: 4. The girls pushed each other to the edge when even in Osaka’s submissions it reached 40:40, and the Japanese kept her submissions and went up to4: 5. The American looked tired and again in a 40:40 situation lost the battle when she broke for the second time in the game – 4: 6 To Osaka in the first act.
Second set: 3: 6 to Osaka
A wonderful opening of the Japanese who ascended to0: 1 Easily and quickly, and in the submissions of the American broke her almost perfectly and caused her to lose the submissions for the third time in the game on the way to0: 2. Immediately afterwards in a state of 30:40 had no difficulty on the way to0: 3 fast. Osaka again managed to break and took a significant step to victory when they advanced to0: 4, The American looked completely broken.
Although she is not in a difficult situation in the game, Brady did not give up, and managed to break Osaka in a situation of 40:40, when it shrank to4: 1 The advantage of the Japanese. Brady this time managed to keep her submissions and reduce to4: 2, Thus pressing Osaka a little. At the same time, the Japanese recovered quickly and rose to2: 5. The American shrank to5: 3 With a lot of character after 40:40, but only postponed the end. In the end, the Japanese won 3: 6 In the second set after another dominant game, thus picking up the title.
