Osaka celebrates 'career first' ahead of Australian Open

Osaka reached a final ahead of the Australian Open for the first time after beating Alycia Parks in Auckland

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00:00Yeah, it was definitely really important, but I think of course I'm really happy to get through to the final

00:05But I've actually never gotten to the final of the tournament the week before Melbourne

00:10So this is like a career first for me

00:13I'm really happy. There's always constantly things to improve or to get better no matter how old you are

00:19This is my first time here in a really long time

00:22So I'm really glad that I'm able to come to the finals and I hope that you guys come and watch tomorrow, too