Naomi Osaka solely returned to the tour in January after giving delivery to daughter Shai final 12 months.© AFP
Naomi Osaka was despatched crashing out of Wimbledon within the second spherical on Wednesday by America’s Emma Navarro, who allowed the Japanese celebrity simply 5 video games in a one-sided contest. Osaka, enjoying her first Wimbledon since 2019, went down 6-4, 6-1 on Centre Courtroom in lower than an hour. The 2 gamers had been level-pegging at 3-3 within the first set earlier than Seventeenth-ranked Navarro broke to like and went on to take the primary set.
Navarro pounced in the beginning of the second set, breaking twice to race right into a 4-0 lead and broke once more to seal the match.
Osaka’s win over Diane Parry within the first spherical was her first at Wimbledon since 2018.
5 years on, the four-time Grand Slam champion, 26, is ranked at 113 having solely returned to the tour in January after giving delivery to daughter Shai final 12 months.
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