The 2022 Australian Open was officially held at Melbourne Park on January 17, Beijing time.
Among the first round of women's singles matches that unfolded on the same day, one of the matches that attracted special attention was the match between Naomi Osaka and Osorio, the 2021 Australian Open women's singles champion.
In the end, playing a stable Japanese, she quickly defeated the Colombian player Osorio, who was in the ascendancy, 6-3, 6-3, and successfully passed the first hurdle of the defending title.
In this game, Naomi Osaka scored a total of 19 winning points, while the opponent was only 5, which was nearly 4 times more than him.
Despite successfully advancing to the second round with a complete victory, the four-time Grand Slam champion still seemed extremely modest and gave high praise to the other side's performance.
"Considering that this is the first grand slam first round of the year, I think she's doing very well." Naomi Osaka said in an interview after the game, "We are playing for the first time, and we know very little about the opponent, but I think she did her best on the field and fought for every point." ”
Naomi Osaka's comments are not unreasonable, and the Colombian player's status has shown an upward trend in recent times. In the 2021 Bogotá Competition, osorio, who was only 19 years old at the time, went through three sets to defeat the 5th seed Zidansek in a 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 reversal to win his first WTA Tour title.
It is reported that the Australian Open is also the first Australian Open trip of Colombians. After falling behind 5-0 in the first set, Osorio began to catch up and nearly overturned.
However, in the end, Naomi Osaka laughed to the end.
'It always feels special to come back to Melbourne and I played here a week ago for a warm-up. Naomi Osaka said, "I have a lot of good memories here, so it feels very good to start my defense journey with a victory. ”
It is worth mentioning that with this victory, Osaka's record in the first round of the Grand Slam is 19 wins and 2 losses.
Winning on the pitch also directly affects the commercial value off the pitch.
Recently, according to the 2021 female athlete income ranking released by Forbes. Naomi Osaka topped the list with $57.3 million, and legendary American actress Serena came in second with $45.9 million.
Of the $57.3 million, $55 million came from off-field income, while the tournament prize money was only $2.3 million.
Last season, Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open and Wimbledon and experienced a period of lows. But these do not seem to affect the income of Japanese girls, in the past year and a half she has cooperated with more than 10 brands, and the income from various endorsements has far exceeded her competition income by more than 20 times. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)