Risk ended with serving and tearing like an animal to avoid the humiliation of being zeroed but ended snowfall with a double fault and Osaka could win on his second match ball.
"She had such a good stroke and I had to find a way to adapt to it," says Osaka low-key during the interview from the blue hardcourt track, which was far from crowded.
The interview was conducted in English and translated into Chinese in the meantime.
She would not stay in the arena and watch the competitors' efforts.
- No, I never do that. I'm just over-analyzing the matches, says Osaka who will be able to meet Bianca Andreescu for the first time in the quarterfinals. In that case, it would be a meeting between the two champions in the US Open.
She was a hot quagmire for the autograph hunters.