Naomi Osaka

21-year-old eased into the last eight in Rome with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Mihaela Buzarnescu

21-year-old Japanese was scheduled to play a semi-final tie against Estonian eighth seed Anett Kontaveit

Japanese was coming off a fourth-round exit at Indian Wells but Hsieh's coach said her victory wasn't surprising

Japanese will be joined in the draw by her 338th-ranked sibling who needed a wildcard to get a place in the tournament

Christophe Jean wants at least $2 million of the $10 million of her earnings to date

Bencic defeated world number one 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the prestigious WTA premier mandatory event

Japanese star advanced to a meeting with Bencic after defeating American Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-2

Top seed got her BNP Paribas Open title defense off to a winning start after earning revenge against the French player

21-year-old Japanese star admitted difficulty in dealing with the attention of being the world's top-ranked woman

The German guided the Japanese star to back-to-back Grand Slam titles as well as to the summit of the WTA rankings

Japanese star worked with the German for just over a year

The victory also means this is the Japanese second Grand Slam

21-year-old Japanese star will also become the new world number one if she beats seventh seed in the final

21-year-old books her place at the season-ending WTA finals for the first time SINGAPORE

20-year-old upset American Williams 6-2, 6-4 in final to attract country’s affection