- Fellow baseliner Anett Kontaveit beaten 6-3, 6-4
- Fourth seed to play Shelby Rogers for place in semis
Naomi Osaka underlined her status as US Open favourite as she demolished Anett Kontaveit on her way to the quarter-finals. The Japanese, who is seeded fourth, is the woman to beat at Flushing Meadows and showed exactly why as she hit Kontaveit off the court in a 6-3, 6-4 win on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Osaka hit 21 winners and showed no signs of the hamstring injury which saw her withdraw from the final of last week’s Western & Southern Open. The 2018 champion now meets Shelby Rogers in the last eight and will have her eyes on a third grand slam title.
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