TOKYO, April 13 — Naomi Osaka was not required to play after team-mate Nao Hibino sent Japan to their first Billie Jean King Cup finals today with an unassailable 3-0 qualifying...
Bandar Kuching MP urges Umno’s Dr Akmal to show maturity and refrain from name-calling after put-down of DAP’s NgaJapan’s Naomi Osaka hits a return to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva during their women's singles match of the Billie Jean Cup tennis qualifying tie between Japan and Kazakhstan in Tokyo April 12, 2024.
Former world number one and four-time major winner Osaka was appearing at the competition for the first time since 2020 and won her opening singles game yesterday. But she did not need to play a second time after Hibino clinched Japan’s spot in November’s finals with a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 win over world number 50 Yulia Putintseva.It was the world number 79’s second singles victory of the tie after dispatching Anna Danilina 6-1, 6-0 in under an hour on the opening day.Kazakhstan were without world number four Elena Rybakina, who lost in the final of the Miami Open last month.
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