World No. 24 Naomi Osaka made easy work of her third-round match against Daria Kasatkina to emerge 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 winner. That sets up a date with none other than Coco Gauff in what is is bound to be a mouth-watering round-of-16 matchup.
Gauff, 21, appeared to move away from her service struggles as she emerged 6-3, 6-1 winner against Magdalena Frech in the third round. Speaking after her victory over Kasatkina, Osaka talked about the upcoming matchup , and claimed that she wanted people to support her as well. Expand Tweet
“Can somebody come to the match and cheer for me? Because I mean it’s kinda tough playing an American here, but I hope you guys kind of adopted me as well, so yeah, I don’t know. I kinda also see her as a little sister, so it’s really cool to be playing her he