TENNIS
Naomi Osaka: “I couldn’t ask for a better match to prepare myself”
Naomi Osaka beat Katie Boulter 3-6 6-3 6-1 and managed to come back from one set of disadvantage without too much effort, at the Gippsland Trophy in Melbourne, one of the three WTA Tournament that are being played the week before the Australian Open 2021.
Naomi talked about the nervousness she went through during the match and how it helped her during the match.
She said: “Up to the middle of the second set it’s like I was staying in the rear, I was letting her dominate most of the rallies.
I still hadn’t settled in. Yesterday I was extremely nervous before going down again on the court, while today Did all the nervousness go away after I lost the first set?
I became calm again because at that point I just wanted to play well again, without worrying about the result.
I couldn’t ask for a better match to prepare myself. You can’t play games like that in training so I’m happy with how it went, even if it was long.”