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Which rising star will break through in 2018? Evert and Navratilova on the young players to watch
Who will be the breakthrough young player of 2018? According to Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, it'll be a battle between the 20-year-olds, Daria Kasatkina and Naomi Osaka.
Chris picked the Japanese player, who upset defending champion Angelique Kerber in the first round of the US Open, saying: "She's played some close matches against Top 10 players, she's got the power - she needs to mature a little bit more and get better selection of shots."
For Martina, though, the one to watch is the Russian, who won her first Premier title in Charleston in April: "She's athletic, she's competitive, she's feisty, she's got a nice all-round game - so for her it's about playing more by instinct rather than trying to think out there."
