Osaka holdspublished at 09:20 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2020
Osaka 3-6 4-5 Gauff*
Crash.
Winner.
Osaka holds and Coco Gauff will serve for the win.
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Osaka 3-6 4-5 Gauff*
Crash.
Winner.
Osaka holds and Coco Gauff will serve for the win.
*Osaka 3-6 3-5 Gauff
Another angry swipe from Naomi Osaka - she's going for broke now - and she's got game point.
*Osaka 3-6 3-5 Gauff
A furious, frustrated drive from Naomi Osaka, leaping and slamming a forehand beyond Coco Gauff for a 30-0 lead.
Osaka whirls her backhand into the net to get Gauff on the board before dragging a forehand down too low.
30-30.
*Osaka 3-6 3-5 Gauff
Can Naomi Osaka make Coco Gauff serve it out?
*Osaka 3-6 3-5 Gauff
Coco Gauff takes the pace off her second serve and Naomi Osaka overcooks her return to give Gauff a 30-0 lead.
Again, the Osaka backhands lets her down as she aims cross-court and fires it wide, and Gauff takes advantage of an awful drive volley from Osaka to hold to love.
Coco Gauff is a game away from knocking out the defending champion!
Osaka 3-6 3-4 Gauff*
The composure Coco Gauff has at such a young age... my word.
Now. Can she back this break up with a hold?
Osaka 3-6 3-4 Gauff*
There's no saving the second one, though!
Another backhand miss from Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff's box are on their feet as she breaks!
*Osaka 3-6 3-3 Gauff
That's one break point saved with a ferocious forehand that Coco Gauff cannot return...
*Osaka 3-6 3-3 Gauff
Naomi Osaka's having one of those blips again.
Three backhands find the net - the last one by far the worse as she flaps it into the net - and Gauff has a tasty three break points to play with.
*Osaka 3-6 3-3 Gauff
Good defence from Coco Gauff, blocking everything Naomi Osaka drills her way, and eventually the Japanese pushes a return just long.
Hello, ace! That hurries Gauff along to a 40-0 lead and she holds as Osaka's backhand goes skew-whiff.
Osaka 3-6 3-2 Gauff*
Here's Coco Gauff to serve...
Osaka 3-6 3-2 Gauff*
Naomi Osaka coughs up her first double fault but this is better hitting from the Japanese.
She drags Coco Gauff up and down behind the baseline for a 40-15 lead before walloping down an ace to hold.
* denotes next server
*Osaka 3-6 2-2 Gauff
Meanwhile, on Margaret Court Arena, Milos Raonic has taken the first set 7-5 over Stefanos Tsitsipas.
You wait five days for a shock and then they all come along at once...
*Osaka 3-6 2-2 Gauff
A blistering backhand from Coco Gauff finds the corner of the court for 15-15, drawing a "c'mon!" from the American, and Osaka clubs a forehand long to gift her a point.
Osaka's going too hard here, snatching at her shots, trying to impose herself, and she gifts Gauff a 40-15 lead before steering a divine winner past her opponent.
Shot! Gauff pushes Osaka wider and wider with her backhand and she holds courtesy of an Osaka error.
Osaka 3-6 2-1 Gauff*
The changeover might do both players a bit of good - a chance to reset and refocus.
Here's Coco Gauff to serve.
Osaka 3-6 2-1 Gauff*
Coco Gauff punches her thigh in frustration as she goes too early on a cross-court backhand and nets.
Naomi Osaka is now back in this, the ball pinging off her racquet, and she races to 40-0 courtesy of some errors from the young American.
Game, Osaka.
*Osaka 3-6 1-1 Gauff
Forward comes Coco Gauff - and she skews her volley into the net!
That's much more like it, and we're back on serve.
Osaka 3-6 0-1 Gauff*
Oh, ouch.
Coco Gauff trips into her fourth double fault of the match - and second in the game - and Naomi Osaka has another chance to break.
Osaka 3-6 0-1 Gauff*
Oh, what a serve!
Pacey, spinney, out wide, and Coco Gauff gets herself back to deuce.
Osaka 3-6 0-1 Gauff*
Drop shot from Gauff - and it's chased down nicely by Osaka!
Break back point for the Japanese.