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Amanda Anisimova saves two match points, ends Naomi Osaka’s title defense in Melbourne

Amanda Anisimova saved two match points to knock out defending champion Naomi Osaka in the third round of the 2022 Australian Open, 4-6 6-3 7-6 (10-5).

The world No.60 Anisimova snapped a nine-match losing streak against Top 20 players as she recorded a memorable victory over Osaka, a two-time Australian Open champion who had won 24 of her past 25 matches in the city of Melbourne.

The 13th-seeded Osaka kicked off the match with a break and held on to it throughout the first set. In the second set, Anisimova was the first one to go up a break, in the fourth game, and she also kept that lead to claim the set.