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Naomi Osaka taps into ‘zombie mode’ to advance in Madrid

Naomi Osaka said she switched into "zombie mode" in the final set to swat aside Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo in Tuesday's second-round match at the Madrid Open. Top seed Osaka was taken to three sets by world number 73 Sorribes Tormo before the Japanese star stepped up her game to close out a 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-0 victory. "In the third set, I just, like, went zombie mode," said Osaka, who has won the last two Grand Slam titles at the US Open and Australian Open. "I just thought of everything that I had to do to win - not necessarily the outcome, but just like the little things in between every game. "The match was basically on my racquet, she wasn't going for winners. ...

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