Naomi Osaka has defeated Petra Kvitova to emerged winner of 2019 Australian Open.
The Japanese and Czech players battled 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday.
Osaka become the new world number one and also won her first Australian Open.
The fourth seed and US Open champion made it two Grand Slam titles in a row after a see-sawing 2hr 27min match.
The hard-fought victory made Osaka the first Asian, male or female, to hold the world’s top ranking, taking over from Romania’s Simona Halep.
