Naomi Osaka arrives in style again to beat Gasanova and reach Wimbledon third round

[p]The Japanese 14th seed arrived ‌on Court Two having swapped her ‌first-round "Kill Bill" kimono for a more toned-down version of the dress with ‌a decorative sash, a long train ⁠and a ‌bomber jacket, but there was nothing subdued about her tennis.[/p][p]After cruising through the opening set, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osaka-naomi/MDM4BKiA/"]Osaka[/a] shifted up a ​gear in the next with a powerful overhead smash to break for a ⁠4-2 lead ​and never looked back from there [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gasanova-a-2Dog2h4q/osaka-n-MDM4BKiA/?mid=be5akiUa"]to reach the third round for the fourth time[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="ea6c7094-73e0-4c94-bd93-75c297df0692" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="82828654-c03e-4720-98f6-3000c048e2d8" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Osaka, who has not progressed beyond ‌that stage at the All England Club, takes on Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kasatkina-daria/GU42elks/"]Daria Kasatkina[/a] or Indonesian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tjen-janice/ngVYO2lo/"]Janice Tjen[/a] in the next round though she said her immediate focus was on another matter.[/p][p]"[b]Tomorrow is my daughter's (third) birthday[/b]," Osaka said. "[b]I just wanted to be here for longer. I don't ‌want to make her get on ​a plane on her birthday. I ‌was really happy about today[/b].[/p][p]"[b]Obviously I have to practice in the morning, but maybe after we'll go around the park and stuff. She loves making ⁠friends so ⁠yeah, we'll probably ‌do[/b] that."[/p][embed guid="00db37ad-a495-40ae-9d03-1bde0959c5c6" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2072291965647945981" social-type="twitter" /]