Fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame unseeded Shelby Rogers in straight sets to reach the US Open semi-finals on Tuesday and declared it revenge for earlier defeats. The Japanese 2018 US Open champion brushed aside the American 6-3, 6-4, in 1hr 20min inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Osaka, 22, will play 28th-seeded American Jennifer Brady on Thursday for a place in the final.

Apprehensive Osaka

Despite going into the last-eight match as favourite, the World No. 9 Osaka said she was apprehensive about playing the 93rd-ranked Rogers, 27, because she had failed to beat her in three previous outings. "Honestly, I just felt like she had the upper hand because I’ve never beaten her," Osaka said. "And those memories are stuck in my head so I consider this a little bit of revenge," she added.