Raducanu is also through to the semi-finals of the women’s doubles. The Briton and Elena Rybakina beat Giuliana Olmos and Aldila Sutjiadi 7-6, 6-4 to set up a last-four clash with second seeds Shuai Zhang and Taylor Townsend.

Naomi Osaka was well beaten today by a superb Emma Raducanu who saw off the former World No.1 6-4, 6-2 at the DC Open in Washington. But did comments pre match come back to bite her.

Emma Raducanu cruised past Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Washington Open quarter-finals and reclaim the British No. 1 spot. Venus Williams' comeback ended with a straight-sets loss to Magdalena Frech.

Some thought of Raducanu two-finger celebration in Washington as a response to Osaka's pre-match comments about their Slam success.

Emma Raducanu has spoken about her mindset before and during her match against Naomi Osaka at the Miami Open. It was their first meeting, with both players having Grand Slam titles to their names, and it was Raducanu who came out on top.

The Post Naomi Osaka had short but powerful message to Venus Williams after idol made history appeared first on Tennis World USA Naomi Osaka was delighted to see Venus Williams win a Washington match as the 27-year-old Japanese used the word "queen" when reacting to her idol writing tennis history.

Williams left the tennis world in awe after her performance. Naomi Osaka, who also won Tuesday in the round of 32 at the Citi Open, simply said of Williams in a post after the match, "my queen" with a crown emoji and multiple heart emojis.