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Naomi Osaka of Japan returns a shot to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during the first round of the US Open tennis championships on Aug. 30, 2021 (August 31 in Manila) in New York. AP PHOTO
NEW YORK: Defending champion Naomi Osaka stretched her Grand Slam win streak to 16 matches on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) at the US Open while Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas struggled past Andy Murray in five sets.
Osaka, seeking her third US Open crown in four years, defeated 87th-ranked Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-1 at a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium to book a second-round matchup with Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic.