For me, I feel like every opportunity that I play a Slam is an opportunity to win a Slam," said 23-year-old Osaka, who will move up to No.
"She plays so aggressive that she puts so much pressure on you to perform well," said Brady, a 25-year-old from Pennsylvania who played college tennis at UCLA and was participating in a Slam final for the first time.I think if you're not feeling OK, it's OK to not feel OK," Osaka said.
Playing Osaka represented a big step up in competition during this tournament for Brady, who had not faced anyone ranked in the top 25 nor anyone who previously had appeared in so much as one Grand Slam semifinal."I didn't play my last Grand Slam with fans," Osaka said, "so just to have this energy, it really means a lot.".And as much as Osaka makes plain that she wants to keep adding to her Grand Slam collection, there are larger goals, too"This is going to sound really odd, but hopefully I play long enough to play a girl that said that I was once her favorite player or something," said Osaka, who signed autographs for fans after her victory