TORONTO ¨C Naomi Osaka is hoping her success last year in Montreal, where she finished runner-up to Victoria Mboko, will translate as the WTA¡¯s 1000 event in Canada shifts to Toronto.
The four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan is coming off a semifinal run on the hard courts of Washington, where she fell to eventual champion Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.
¡°I did better than last year in DC, so I¡¯m just hoping to keep the ball rolling,¡± Osaka said.
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