Overview

• Osaka beat Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in 64 minutes, winning 94% of her first-serve points and dropping only six of 38 points on serve.
• In her press conference, Osaka said she was “not close at all” to retiring and described tennis as “like breathing air” to her.
• Gauff said she felt “discombobulated,” generated no break-point chances, and “kind of broke down” after the defeat.
• Days before the tournament Gauff hired biomechanist Gavin MacMillan to overhaul her serve; analysts flagged her forehand, with Justine Henin calling it “catastrophic” and Lindsay Davenport noting Osaka’s persistent targeting of that side.
• Gauff said she will train before the China Open in Beijing, as Rennae Stubbs advocates a longer rebuild and Rick Macci and Jim Courier back competing with targeted adjustments.