Naomi Osaka defeated No. 20 Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of a major for the first ...
The Frenchwoman had shut her 2024 season down after a first-round loss to Renata Zarazua at the US Open, citing exhaustion and panic attacks. However, Osaka brought a series of impossibly sharp angles ...
Muchová beat Osaka in this same round last year at the US Open and went on to make a run to the semifinals. “Obviously I fell a little short in the US Open, but my outfit was spectacular ...
"It means a lot," Osaka told the crowd during her on-court interview. "[Muchova is] an incredibly difficult opponent for me to play. She crushed me at the US Open when I had my best outfit ever.
In her on-court interview at the Australian Open, Osaka revealed that she was “mad” about her US Open loss to the opponent, considering she had taken the court in her “best outfit ever.” ...
It was her first Grand Slam third round since becoming a mother, and she avenged her previous US Open loss to Muchova with this victory. "Honestly, it took everything," Osaka said when asked about ...
Osaka has shown signs of getting her game back together, including a memorable and narrow loss to then-No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the French Open. This, though, followed a win against 2022 US Open ...