Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady to win the Australian Open

With this victory, Osaka is on a 21-match unbeaten streak as she maintained her 100% record in the final of a Slam event.

Osaka has won two US Open titles and and has now clinched her second Australian Open crown.

Osaka has now won a Slam for the fourth successive year.

She had earlier won the AO in 2019.

1st round: Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

2nd round: Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-3 Caroline Garcia

3rd round: Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-2 Ons Jabeur

4th round: Naomi Osaka 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Garbine Muguruza

Quarter-final: Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-2 Hsieh Su-wei

Semi-final: Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 Serena Williams

Final: Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-3 Jennifer Brady

The first set saw Osaka get the first break to make it 3-1.

However, Brady showed resistance and broke straight back to make it 3-3.

Osaka maintained her superiority and led 5-4 as Brady lost serve to concede the first set (6-4).

In the second, Osaka grew in confidence and went 4-0 up.

Brady broke service and fought back, but Osaka prevailed 6-3.

Osaka now has a 22-4 record at the Australian Open.

This is the second Slam event where she has registered 21-plus wins after the US Open (21-3).

Osaka now has a tally of 53 wins at Slam events, besides suffering 14 losses.

She has now won 14 straight Grand Slam matches.