Osaka starts clay season in style with easy win over Potapova

“Naomi Osaka is competing in her first clay tournament this season and she has got off to a fine start, beating Russian qualifier Anastasia Potapova to progress to round two. Osaka, who says she has been working hard to improve on clay, has never gone beyond the quarter-final stage in Madrid and that was in 2019 when she lost to Karolina Muchova in three sets.”