Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff to power into US Open quarter-finals

• Four-times grand-slam champion wins 6-3, 6-2

• Osaka has always won title after reaching last eight

Naomi Osaka turned back the clock on Monday in New York, producing the cleanest bigstage performance of her comeback from maternity leave to overwhelm Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in a blockbuster fourth-round meeting inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.

In front of a packed 23,771-seat arena, the two crossover stars - who between them own three of the past seven US Open championships - reprised a rivalry that began with their famous encounter here in 2019. This time there were no tears, no consolations, only the sight of a fourtimes major champion dictating terms again on the sport's biggest stage.