February 21, 2021
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) The trouble for Naomi Osaka at Grand Slam tournaments comes in Week one. Get beyond that at the hard-court majors, though, and start preparing to etch her name on the trophy.
Osaka won her fourth title in her past eight appearances at a Slam, emerging from what initially was a tight Australian Open final and pulling away by grabbing six consecutive games to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 yesterday.
With strong serving that produced six aces, Osaka improved to 4-0 in major finals, the first woman to start her career that way since Monica Seles did it 30 years ago. For Osaka, that is part of a 12-0 record so far in the quarterfinals and beyond at the majors.
we all remember her from the olympics, of course, this summer, olympic gymnast simone biles vaulting her way to the title of a.p. female athlete of the year. wonder if you get an extra gold medal for that. the 19-year-old put on a show to remember. four gold medals and a bronze. some already calling her the best gymnast of all-time. she won the av.p. female athlet of the year award 39 out of the 51 votes. the male athlete will be named tomorrow. as long as it s not tom brady, i m okay. i m going to leave that one. and for the second christmas in a row, star wars sending the holiday box office into hyperspace. the latest installment titled rogue one taking in $96 million in its second weekend of release. that brings its domestic toelldo $300 million and more than half