'Grateful' Osaka returns to action with Indian Wells win

The Japanese superstar said she didn't know what to expect from her 97th-ranked opponent in their first meeting. But more importantly she wasn't too sure what to expect from herself in her first match since she pulled out before her Australian Open third-round contest with an abdominal injury. "It wasn't, like, too positive," she said of her build up to Indian Wells. "I was really disappointed (at the Australian Open), because it's something that I have done to myself before, and I feel like every year I go through that specific injury.