Naomi Osaka is back in a WTA final. The four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, who returned to the tour as a mom at the beginning of last year, outdid American Alycia Parks in the semifinals of Auckland on Saturday, 6-4, 6-2, to move through to the title match at the Australian Open lead-up tournament.

From the brink of an early exit - to her first WTA final in more than three years. That’s been the rollercoaster journey of ASB Classic fifth seed Clara Tauson in Auckland, in a remarkable week. Late on Tuesday afternoon,

Japan's Naomi Osaka will meet Denmark's Clara Tauson in the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland after an action-packed day.