INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Camila Osorio defeated former champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 within the first spherical at Indian Wells on Wednesday evening, changing into the primary Colombian girl to beat a former world No. 1.
Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, by no means appeared snug towards Osorio’s dynamic shotmaking and piled up unforced errors on a cool night within the California desert.
After a close to flawless first set from Osorio, Osaka fended off a match level at 5-3 within the second to remain alive, a lot to the delight of the followers.
Nerves appeared to get to Osorio as she tried to serve out the match within the subsequent sport, the place she double faulted twice and fell behind 40-0.
She regrouped, nevertheless, saving 4 break factors within the sport and crushing a forehand winner that caught the road to advance, celebrating with a dance on the courtroom beneath the lights.
“First, good night, everybody, I am Camila Osorio,” she mentioned with amusing in an on-court interview. “It is loopy for me, it is a dream come true. I actually wished to play on this courtroom and was actually excited and looking out ahead to taking part in a champion like Naomi, so I can not imagine it.”
Osorio, the world No. 53, takes on 22-seed Clara Tauson of Denmark within the second spherical of the BNP Paribas Open.
It was Osaka’s first match since withdrawing from the Australian Open third spherical due to an stomach pressure.
Osaka, who beat Daria Kasatkina within the Indian Wells closing in 2018 for her first profession title, appeared to battle with the consistency of her ball tosses and accuracy off each wings.
Reuters contributed to this report.