Naomi Osaka dreamed that she would lose her second round match at the Australian Open, but the reality was a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 victory over Caroline Garcia on Wednesday.
Garcia was unable to muster up a single break point over the contest as the Japanese third seed put in a rock-solid performance punctuated with 10 aces on a balmy evening on Rod Laver Arena.
"Going into this match I was really nervous and I actually had a really bad dream about it," Osaka told reporters.
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