Australian Open 2021 - Naomi Osaka dismisses Caroline Garcia with devastating performance

ByEurosport

Updated 10/02/2021 at 10:21 GMT

2019 Australian Open winner Naomi Osaka cruised into the third round courtesy of a 6-2 6-3 win over Caroline Garcia. The 2021 Australian Open is live on Eurosport. Watch every match live and ad-free on the Eurosport app and eurosport.co.uk. You can download the Eurosport app for iOS and Android now.

Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts in her Women's Singles second round match against Caroline Garcia of France during day three of the 2021 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 10, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia.

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Naomi Osaka made light work of Caroline Garcia at the Australian Open on Wednesday, winning 6-2 6-3 in the second round.

Osaka - who dropped just three games in her first-round demolition of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – extended a winning run that now stretches to 16 matches with a performance that Simon Reed on Eurosport commentary called “pretty much as good as it gets”, and "devastating."

The three-time Grand Slam winner sealed the match with an ace, holding to love in a dominant 60-minute performance that establishes the 23-year-old as a firm favourite for the first slam of the year.

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"Thank you for coming out," Osaka said to the crowd after the match.

It really means a lot to us.

Osaka's post-match comments were the usual mix of pleasantries and personal - "I'm just staying in my room watching Netflix" - but there was nothing whimsical about her performance.

The 23-year-old found the corners with her shots as she fired 23 winners over the contest, with her match-winning ace registering 121 mph on the speedometer.

The US Open champion, whose last defeat in a WTA tournament was to Coco Gauff in the third round at Melbourne Park last year, will next face Ons Jabeur.