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Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her first round match against Caroline Garcia of France on Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, January 15, 2024. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE/File.

Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her first round match against Caroline Garcia of France on Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 15 January 2024.  EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT  AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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Australian Open - Day 2

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/11948402.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her first round match against Caroline Garcia of France on Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, January 15, 2024. Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE/File."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her first round match against Caroline Garcia of France on Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, January 15, 2024. <em>Joel Carrett, EPA-EFE/File.</em></span></span></span></div><p>DOHA, Qatar -- Naomi Osaka battled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday but Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur crashed to surprise second-round exits with straight-sets defeats.</p><div><br/></div><p>Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka brushed past Croatia&#x27;s Petra Martic 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), continuing a comeback from maternity leave after giving birth to her daughter in July.</p><div><br/></div><p>Osaka grasped control with a break in the fourth game of the opening set. She broke twice more in the second set -- either side of dropping her own serve -- only to blow a chance to close out the match at 5-4.</p><div><br/></div><p>Martic threatened to force a third set as she won the first four points of the tie-break, but Osaka then saved four set points before her opponent double-faulted down match point.</p><div><br/></div><p>It is the first WTA tournament in almost two years at which Osaka has won back-to-back matches. She goes on to play Ukraine&#x27;s Lesia Tsurenko, who knocked out fourth seed Jabeur 6-3, 6-2.</p><div><br/></div><p>Tsurenko won nine straight games from 3-1 down in the first set to notch her first victory over a top-10 player in five years.</p><div><br/></div><p>Jabeur has endured a difficult start to the year. She admitted she was still hampered by a right knee problem that affected her in Abu Dhabi.</p><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Definitely much better than last week, but it&#x27;s still there, unfortunately,&quot; said Jabeur.</p><div><br/></div><p>&quot;It will not heal in two or three days, but I&#x27;m doing my best to heal it, and I think it&#x27;s going to be very positive for the next weeks.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><p>World number three Gauff lost 6-2, 6-4 to Katerina Siniakova in her opening match, marking the first time she has failed to reach the quarter-finals of a tournament since Wimbledon last year.</p><div><br/></div><p>US Open champion Gauff dropped serve six times in an error-strewn display, blowing a 4-0 lead in the second set.</p><div><br/></div><p>Siniakova will face Danielle Collins in the last 16.</p><div><br/></div><p>Elena Rybakina, seeded third, raced past China&#x27;s Zhu Lin 6-2, 6-1. She meet American Emma Navarro for a place in the quarter-finals.</p><div><br/></div><p>Earlier on Tuesday, Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen battled to victory in her first match since losing the Melbourne final to Aryna Sabalenka, beating Magda Linette 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: <span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hwHKAIUxYjk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Naomi Osaka battled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday but Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur crashed to surprise second-round exits.</p>

Naomi Osaka battled into the last 16 of the Qatar Open on Tuesday but Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur crashed to surprise second-round exits.

Osaka advances as Gauff, Jabeur dumped out of Qatar Open

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Osaka advances as Gauff, Jabeur dumped out of Qatar Open

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