While Naomi Osaka is busy competing — and winning — at the Australian Open, she needed to send someone to retrieve her 1 1/2-year-old daughter’s birth certificate from their California home in case it got caught up in the wildfires ravaging the greater Los Angeles area.

Mats Wilander believes Naomi Osaka has the potential to "cause some serious upsets in the next couple of years" after beating Caroline Garcia.

Naomi Osaka may be on the other side of the world, but her mind is very much on her home. After defeating Caroline Garcia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the first round of the Australian Open, Osaka revealed she had someone retrieve her daughter's birth certificate from her Los Angeles-area home as the wildfires that have destroyed wide swaths of Southern California neared her house.

Today was Osaka's first win at the Australian Open in 1090 days, and she has her work cut out for her if she wants to win her third title in Melbourne. Tennis fans can follow Sports Illustrated's Serve on SI for all the most important news from the sport.

At her peak, the four-time Grand Slam champion played her best tennis in the toughest moments. In Melbourne, she did it again.

The 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova allowed Osaka to reach the third round at a major tournament for the first time since the 2022 season.

For the first time in three years, the tennis world will see Naomi Osaka in the third around of the Grand Slam.

Naomi Osaka, with LA wildfires on her mind, called her 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win against Caroline Garcia in the Australian Open first round “an acceptable job.”