- Updates from the women’s singles decider at Melbourne Park
- Daniil Medvedev, the ultimate disrupter, is on brink of history
- Any thoughts? You can email Emma or tweet @emmavkemp
While we wait, there are a couple of nice previews at your fingertips.
This quote from Osaka earlier in this tournament is intriguing given she had no idea she would eventually face her: “When I’m having a very hard time, I remember my match against Brady. I feel like it helps me out a lot just because I’ve never had to physically and mentally fight so hard. I think about that match a lot sometimes.”
Related: Osaka motivated by memory of US Open semi-final classic against Brady | Tumaini Carayol
Related: Jennifer Brady’s journey from hard quarantine to Australian Open final
Jonathan Howcroft is at Rod Laver Arena for the match and has taken a stroll around Melbourne Park. Herewith a written and pictorial surveyal of the scene:
“The Melbourne Park precinct is filling slowly ahead of the women’s singles final. The weather has changed in Melbourne today with a cooler blustery wind taking the sting out of the sweltering heat of recent rounds. Skies remain urgently blue, as they have been the duration of this second week of competition.
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