TORONTO: Serena Williams and Japan's Naomi Osaka booked a rematch of last year's US Open final in the WTA Toronto quarter-finals after straight-set triumphs Thursday .
"I've been actually looking forward to playing her for a while," Williams said."She has had a great year early in the season and she's still doing pretty good."It will be their first match since the controversial finish to their Grand Slam showdown last year in New York. "I'm just really excited. I grew up watching her, so whenever I get the opportunity to play her, it's something I feel is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
They held from there until the final game of the first set, when the Russian's eighth double fault handed Williams the set after 46 minutes. Williams said she is struggling with the transition from clay to grass to hardcourts more than usual this year.
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