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Former tournament champion Naomi Osaka shows fight, rallies to defeat Sloane Stephens in first round showdown

2018 tournament champion and 2-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka is moving on in Indian Wells following her comeback win over American Sloane Stephens.

A highly anticipated matchup of unseeded yet high profile players, the first round clash went all the way to a third and decisive set.

Osaka dropped first set, dominated the 2nd and then took the third to win the match. The final result was 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in an hour and 53 minutes.

With the loss, Stephens is out of the women's singles draw at Indian Wells.

Be sure to stay with the KESQ News Channel 3 sports team of Blake Arthur and Bailey Arredondo for continuing coverage of the tennis tournament.

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Sports Director Blake Arthur joined the KESQ/CBS Local 2 team in August of 2015. Learn more about Blake here.

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