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Osaka beats Azarenka to win US Open and third Grand Slam

Naomi Osaka of Japan poses with the trophy after winning her Women's Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on day thirteen of the 2020 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center yesterday, in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo: AFP)

Japan's Naomi Osaka came from a set down to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and win the US Open yesterday, clinching her third Grand Slam title.

Osaka, the fourth seed, overcame her unseeded opponent 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in one-four, 53 minutes inside a near-empty Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows.

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