Tennis-Osaka beats Kvitova to win Australian Open

Tennis-Osaka beats Kvitova to win Australian Open

Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 to become the first Japanese player to win the Australian Open on Saturday.

The win made fourth seed Osaka the first player from an Asian country to claim the world number one ranking.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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