Pavlyuchenkova had no answer to Osaka’s powerful and precise serving as the Japanese won a perfect 100 per cent of points when her first serve was successful and battered down four aces. Osaka raced into a 3-0 lead early on and was rarely troubled thereafter as the Russian world number 41 was outclassed, unable to force a break point while the home crowd favourite broke Pavlyuchenkova twice in the first set and once in the second set with an array of powerful groundstrokes from both wings. Osaka’s victory march was momentarily interrupted when her apparent match-winning ace was overruled after a Pavlyuchenkova challenge. But it mattered not as a wide-angled Osaka backhand when the point was replayed sealed the match moments later when the Russian netted.The victory avenged Osaka’s defeat to Pavlyuchenkova in their only prior encounter, when the Russian beat the top seed in straight sets en route to the 2017 Hong Kong Open title.
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