NEW YORK (USA): Naomi Osaka ended the career-best US Open run of American Shelby Rogers with her second consecutive 6-3, 6-4 victory on Tuesday night.
Neither one was ever in doubt. The unseeded Rogers, 27, was seeking to make it three Americans in the women’s quarters for the first time since the all-U.S. semifinal slate in 2017.
But the 22-year-old Osaka required just 1hr 20 min inside an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium to defeat the 27-year-old Rogers 6-3, 6-4.
She will meet Jennifer Brady for a place in Saturday’s final.
Osaka, the world number 9, said her victory was payback for three previous defeats to the 93rd-ranked Rogers.
They included a 2017 loss on clay in Charleston that Osaka said had left “a really bad aftertaste in my mouth.”
“Honestly, I just felt like she had the upper hand because I’ve never beaten her,” Osaka said.
“And those memories are stuck in my head so I consider this a little bit of revenge,” she added.
Osaka’s dominant service game contributed to a comfortable runout for the 2018 US Open champion.
She won 83 percent of points on her first serve and 70 percent on her second.
In contrast, Rogers managed only 66 percent and 33 percent respectively. Rogers hit 29 unforced errors compared to just eight committed by Osaka.
