New York: Naomi Osaka produced a dominant performance to eliminate the third seed of Coconut Goorf 6-3 6-2 in a highly anticipated fourth round confrontation between two former US Open champions on Monday.
The four times champion of Grand Slam Osaka showed flashes of his old brilliance when he took control of the game from the beginning, while the 2023 champion government fought with his right and his service.
The result led Osaka to the quarterfinals of Flushing Meadows for the first time in five years and then will play, be it the 11th Czech seed Karolina Muchava or the 27th Marta Kostyuk seed in Ukraine.
Monday’s confrontation marked the first time that the two fans’ favorites had met in New York since his memorable clash of 2019, when the 15 -year -old felling before Osaka.
