World No. 1 Naomi Osaka avoided a second-round upset at the French Open on Thursday, after mounting a late comeback to beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the women's singles.The top-seeded Osaka kept alive her hopes of winning her third straight Grand Slam tournament, when she narrowly escaped a scare to beat the former world No. 1 Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a match lasting nearly three hours at Roland Garros.The 21-year-old from Japan trailed 4-2 in the second set but forced a decider by claiming five of the next six games. Osaka earned the set by converting a backhand winner after Azaren…READ FULL ARTICLE