“I felt like I shouldn’t let myself be overcome by nerves or anything,” Osaka said. But with her new coach Sascha Bajin setting a positive tone, she became a champion in New York. “Ultimately, you never know what you’re made out of until you’re tested,” Bajin said. “Naomi was thrown in there into deep water today. The final was remarkably intense from the opening point, an extended, big-hitting baseline duel won by Osaka.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2018 06:56 UTC