Naomi Osaka into Australian Open semifinals, clinches No. 3 ranking

U.S. Open winner Naomi Osaka will become the first Japanese world No. 3 in tennis' open era following Wednesday's win over reigning tour finals champion Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-1 in the Australian Open quarterfinals.The victory, her third against Ukraine's Svitolina in six tries, made her the first Japanese woman to advance to the Australian Open semifinals since Kimiko Date did so in 1994. Should Osaka win the final -- or if American Danielle Collins, ranked 35th in the world, does -- Osaka will be crowned world No. 1."For me, today, I just had one goal and it was to try as hard as I can an…READ FULL ARTICLE