Australian Open | Melbourne
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Naomi Osaka recovered from a dramatic second-set collapse to defeat Petra Kvitova and be crowned Australian Open champion and the new world number one.
The 21-year-old from Japan, the first Asian man or woman to top the singles rankings, built on her maiden title at the US Open with a 7-6 (2) 5-7 6-4 victory to make it back-to-back slam successes.
Judging by what will surely be the first two of many slam finals, Osaka does not do routine. But, while her victory over Serena Williams in New York was all about controversy and meltdowns, this time the drama was all on the scoreboard.
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Day 13 order of play (all times GMT) | Saturday 26 January
Rod Laver Arena | Play begins from 8.30am GMT
- (4) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v (8) Petra Kvitova (Cze)
- (3) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Rajeev Ram (USA) v Astra Sharma (Aus) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus)
