Japanese people Naomi Osakaformer world number one, returned this Wednesday to the land of the Caja Mágica two years after his last appearance with an emphatic victory over the Belgian Say hello to Minnen through 6-4 and 6-1.
After a long vacation for rest and maternity, Osaka, who dropped to 197th place in the ranking, took another step in her return to the circuit by qualifying for the second round in Madrid, where she will face the Russian Liudmila Samsonova, fifteenth seed.
Minnen, 68 in the world, was a quarterfinalist last week in Stuttgart, but failed to make a dent in the Osaka game.
The Japanese player is participating for the sixth time in Madrid, with the 2019 quarterfinals being his best result.
In other women’s team matches, Egyptian Mayar Sherif defeated American Lauren Davis 4-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-4, Kazakh Yulia Puntisseva defeated Chinese Yue Yuan 6-2 and 6-4 and the American Sloan Stephens defeated Italian Martina Trevisan 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4.
Source: La Verdad
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