US Open 支持する／優勝者 Osaka reaches Pan 太平洋の Open final
TOKYO (AP) - Naomi Osaka relied on a 支配的な serve to reach the final of the Pan 太平洋の Open on Saturday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 勝利，勝つ over Camila Giorgi.
The U.S. Open 支持する／優勝者, who upset Serena Williams in the final in New York, overpowered her シードされていない 対抗者 and will 直面する fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova in Sunday's final.
Third-seeded Osaka 解雇する／砲火／射撃d nine エースs and dropped just eight points in eight service games.
Naomi Osaka of Japan 反応するs as she won a point against Italy's Camila Giorgi during the semifinal match of the Pan 太平洋の Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
"My serve got me out of a lot of trouble today," said Osaka. "She was playing really 井戸／弁護士席 and my serve helped me. I was a bit nervous because I really 手配中の，お尋ね者 to reach the final."
Two years ago, Osaka lost in the final to Caroline Wozniacki, this year's 最高の，を越す-seeded player who was elim inated by Giorgi on Thursday.
Having not dropped a 始める，決める over the course of her week, Osaka will next 直面する a player who has needed three 劇の 始める，決めるs in each of her matches to reach her second final of the season.
Pliskova had to dig 深い again to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Donna Vekic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in Saturday's other semifinal.
After saving two match points against American qualifier Alison 危険 in the last 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, and coming 支援する from a 始める，決める 負かす／撃墜する against Daria Gavrilova earlier in the tournament, Pliskova had to go the distance once again, needing more than two hours to 勝利，勝つ.
"It was another long one today!" Pliskova said after the match. "I feel like I'm 改善するing in every match, but the 対抗者s are always more 堅い. That's normal in 準決勝 ... no 平易な 対抗者s."
Osaka and Pliskova will 直面する off Sunday for the third time 全体にわたる and second this year with a 首相-level 肩書を与える on the line.
Osaka earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory over the Czech in the 準々決勝 of the BNP Paribas Open in March, en 大勝する to winning her first career 肩書を与える.
"I know that she's a 広大な／多数の／重要な player," Osaka said of Pliskova. "She has 基本的に every 発射 and a really good serve, so I know it's going to be a really difficult match."
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Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates her victory over Italy's Camila Giorgi during the semifinal match of the Pan 太平洋の Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Karolina Pliskova, of Czech 共和国 celebrates after 敗北・負かすing Croatia's Donna Vekic after their semifinal match of the Pan 太平洋の Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Karolina Pliskova, left, of Czech 共和国 and Croatia's Donna Vekic, 権利, 迎える／歓迎する each other after their semifinal match of the Pan 太平洋の Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Karolina Pliskova, of Czech 共和国 反応するs after 敗北・負かすing Croatia's Donna Vekic during their semifinal match of the Pan 太平洋の Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Karolina Pliskova, of Czech 共和国 celebrates after 敗北・負かすing Croatia's Donna Vekic during their semifinal match of the Pan 太平洋の Open women's tennis tournament in Tokyo Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
