With all the attention still firmly on world number one Ash Barty's abrupt retirement, the show carried on at the Miami Open, as Naomi Osaka recorded a 6-3 6-4 first-round win over Australia's Astra Sharma on Wednesday.
The Japanese power-hitter next faces three-times major winner Angelique Kerber of Germany, who had a first-round bye.
She will face 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez in the second round, after the 2021 U.S. Open finalist advanced on a bye.
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