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  • Petra Kvitova to take on Naomi Osaka in Australian Open Tennis

    Published on January 26, 2019

    In Australian Open Tennis, Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic will take on Naomi Osaka of Japan for the Women’s Singles Grand Slam title in Melbourne today.

    In the semi-finals on Thursday Osaka secured  a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win against Karolina Pliskova while Czech eighth seed Kvitova beat unseeded American Danielle Collins 7-6 (7-2), 6-0.
    For Osaka it’s a second grand slam final in a row after her victory against Serena Williams in the US in September, while Kvitova is aiming for a third grand slam title after wins at Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014.
    In Women’s doubles, unseeded pairing of Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai won their first Grand Slam doubles title together, beating defending champions and No. 2-seeded Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-4 in the final yesterday.

    There will be clash of the titans in men’s singles, when world Number one Serbian Novak Djokovic takes on second seed Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final tomorrow.

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