TOKYO: Home favorite Naomi Osaka stepped up her quest for Olympic gold on Monday as she eased into the third round of the Tokyo Games tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic.

The Japanese star was playing for the second time in as many days after her first match was put back 24 hours, with Osaka given the honor of lighting the Olympic cauldron in Friday's opening ceremony.

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