Naomi Osaka: I did feel like it was a dance," she said. Her fitness, which she mentioned was…

“ I did feel like it was a dance," she said. Her fitness, which she mentioned was her primary focus returning to top level tennis after her maternity break, shone through the bruising battle. Her line-kissing ball striking, which took even Serena’s might down at the US Open, was up and running again. Her big serves, which won 91% points behind the first serve and 100% behind the second during the second set, were booming again. All of that on a surface Osaka least prefers and against an opponent who thrives on it. No wonder Osaka fancies a Swiatek showdown at the US Open come August-September. "I feel like I played her on her better surface. I'm a hard-court kid, so I would love to play her on my surface and see what happens,

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“ I kind of have a history of it, since I was a teenager. At least once a year, I’d get an ab strain. For me, I want to say it’s more the way my serve is — it’s quite explosive,

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