Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka dominated Danielle Collins in their previous two meetings but underlined that the American is now a much better player. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, handed Alison Riske a 6-3 6-4 loss to progress into the Miami quarterfinal. Next up for Osaka will be this year’s Australian Open runner-up Collins. When Osaka and Collins met for the first time in Beijing in 2018, the Japanese claimed a dominant 6-1 6-0 win. The two met a year later in Indian Wells and Osaka earned a comfortable 6-4 6-2 win. “Honestly I don’t really think about the past too much. I know that she’s playing amazing right now and for me, a player kind of grows over time so clear …

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