Haiti - Tennis : The Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka qualified in 1/4 final at the 2nd tournament of Madrid
Tuesday Haitian-born Japanese Naomi Osaka (21), the world's leading tennis player, who had forfeited the semi-finals of the tournament in Stuttgart, Germany because of an abdominal contracture on her left side https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27582-icihaiti-tennis-naomi-osaka-injured-forfeit-in-the-semi-finals-of-the-stuttgart-tournament.html qualified for the round of 16 of the second tournament of Madrid by defeating on the clay of the Spanish Sorribes Tormo 22 years old (73rd in the world) in 3 sets (7-5 [5], 3-6, 6-0 in 2h37mn)...
Wednesday in the 1/8 finals Naomi visibly in top form faced the Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (25) 33rd in the world. The easiest game of the week for the world number 1 who won easily [6-2, 6-3].
Namoi is now heading to the quarter-finals where she will face according to the results either Slovakian Swiss Belinda Bencic (22) 18th in the world OR Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova (25) 85th in the world.
