Osaka enters history after his victory against Mertens in Miami

Naomi Osaka continues to show each game that, despite not being the number 1 in the WTA ranking, she is the great dominator of the women's circuit. The Japanese managed to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 1,000 in Miami after winning the Belgian Elise Mertens by a double 6-3.

The victory against Mertens allows Osaka to fully immerse herself in the history of women's tennis, as the Japanese tennis player adds 23 consecutive victories, a record in a WTA circuit so close and without a true dominator in recent years (His retirement due to injury before his match against Elise Mertens at this year's Gippsland Trophy and his retirement before last year's Western & Southern Open final is not counted.)

To find Osaka's last defeat, you have to go back a year, to February 2020, when the Japanese lost to Sara Sorribes by a resounding 6-0 and 6-3 in the Federation Cup tie. in a game in which Osaka, who was having a bad time with her tennis at the time, collapsed and even cried on the court.

Osaka thus joins the select club of players who have added at least 23 consecutive victories on the WTA circuit since 2000 that form stars of the stature of Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Justine Henin. Now, the Japanese wants to continue extending this streak and become the great dominator of the WTA circuit.