Naomi Osaka had a 'deep' moment after the Madrid Open, admitting that she felt things would click for her. Osaka has been playing on clay for two weeks, and it's gone about how many expected it to go.
Naomi Osaka started her Madrid Open campaign with a solid win, but she couldn't add a second one as Liudmila Samsonova outplayed her. The Russian is one of the trickiest players to play because no one ever quite knows what to expect from her.
Japanese pro Naomi Osaka is back to winning ways at the clay courts. This was only her second match on clay after two years. Playing at the Mutua Madrid Open, Osaka was up against Greet Minnen in the first-round match.
Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios get along very well, as the Japanese player described the Australian as a 'brother from a different universe.' The friendship between Osaka and Kyrgios goes back a few years, and it's only grown recently.
Naomi Osaka recorded her first clay-court victory in exactly two years on Wednesday when the former World No. 1 topped lucky loser Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-1 at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
WTA Madrid Day 3 brings the seeds into play. In this article we will look at four of the matches on the card and give our thoughts on who will go through.
Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka earned her first win on clay in two years by defeating lucky loser Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the Madrid Open.
Naomi Osaka played her second match on clay this year and earned her first win on the surface since 2022, starting her 2024 Madrid Open campaign positively.
Naomi Osaka wants to leave a legacy behind and doesn't want her name erased from tennis, so she's highly motivated during this comeback. Only a couple of years ago, the motivation of former world no.
Expect plenty of entertaining tennis on day two at the WTA Madrid Open with 24 entertaining matches on the slate. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on day two, including Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs Paula Badosa, Donna Vekic vs Laura Siegemund and Emma Raducanu vs Maria Lourdes Carla.
Naomi Osaka and the late Kobe Bryant shared a very special relationship, but the Japanese star expressed doubt about not meeting the NBA legend's expectations.
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has registered some interesting and dominant wins in his career. One of his most memorable wins was when Kyrgios beat Spanish legend Rafael Nadal on his Wimbledon debut.
Naomi Osaka refused to find excuses after losing her first match on clay this year, admitting that she needed to do better. The former world no. 1 has never been considered a very good player on clay, mostly because she didn't play that much on the surface.
Former World No.1 Naomi Osaka has been on a quest to the top ever since she found her way back to tennis. Having taken a break due to mental health issues, followed by another break due to pregnancy, the Japanese returned at the start of the year.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka begins her clay court season on day 3 of the WTA Rouen Open. Her match is one of three predicted in this article, with two of these being first-round battles and the other being from the second round.
The tennis clay-court season is in full swing, with five tournaments taking place this week across both tours, one of which is the inaugural Rouen Open.
Naomi Osaka says she "would love to play" at this summer's Olympics in Paris after helping Japan reach the Billie Jean King Cup finals.
Naomi Osaka got a chance to represent her country once again, taking part in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers. Without the four-time Grand Slam champion, Japan hasn't had much success in the Billie Jean King Cup in the past couple of seasons, but the country still found themselves playing for the Finals later this year.
Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan continued her return to dominance on Saturday, pulling off a 6-2, 7-6 (5) upset of 15th-seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the second round of the Miami Open in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Japan's Naomi Osaka remained perfect in the first round of the Miami Open, sweeping Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The party at the WTA Miami Gardens enters the second day, and the matches are coming in thick and fast. Three of the matches will see players meet for the first time, with 2022 runner-up Naomi Osaka bidding to go one better.
Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan had a strong outing Thursday, defeating Italian qualifier Sara Errani 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
Naomi Osaka is a week away from returning to the Australian Open courts that saw her lift the trophy two times, but she doesn't expect a third one. The last Grand Slam Naomi Osaka won was the Australian Open in 2021.
Naomi Osaka won her first match on her comeback by beating Germany's Tamara Korpatsch in straight sets. Osaka, playing at the star-studded Brisbane International as a wildcard, won 6-3, 7-6, in almost two hours to book her spot in the second round.
Naomi Osaka secured a hard-fought straight sets win in her first match in 15 months at the Brisbane International and then revealed about the difficulty of motherhood.
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