Emma Raducanu beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 in their first career meeting to reach the quarterfinals of the Washington Open on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/25/tennis/raducanu-osaka-dc-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #emmaraducanu #naomiosaka #venuswilliams #dcopen
Venus Williams made a triumphant return to singles tennis on Tuesday after a 16-month hiatus, defeating fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the WTA and ATP DC Open. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/23/tennis/williams-osaka-dc-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #dcopen #venuswilliams #naomiosaka #emmaraducanu #paytonstearns
Naomi Osaka admits she contemplates life without tennis but the Japanese star does not plan to quit just yet despite her latest painful defeat at Wimbledon on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/05/tennis/osaka-still-dreams/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #naomiosaka #wimbledon
Naomi Osaka missed a golden opportunity to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time as the Japanese star was beaten by Russian world No. 50 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/04/tennis/osaka-out-wimbledon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #naomiosaka #wimbledon#anastasiapavlyuchenkova
After years of being "paralyzed by fear" at the thought of playing on tennis' fastest surface, Naomi Osaka feels she has finally found her grass-court wings at Wimbledon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/03/tennis/naomi-osaka-overcomes-wimbledon-fear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #naomiosaka #wimbledon
Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka overcame some first-round jitters to survive a scrap with Australian qualifier Talia Gibson and advance at Wimbledon on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/01/tennis/osaka-gibson-wimbledon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #naomiosaka #wimbledon #taliagibson
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka's poor form continued on Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open as she fell 6-4, 6-4 against American Emma Navarro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/25/tennis/osaka-out-bad-homburg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #naomiosaka #emmanavarro#badhomburgopen
Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka fired 16 aces past Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic to earn a 7-6(6) 7-6(4) victory at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/24/tennis/naomi-osaka-bad-homburg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #naomiosaka#badhomburgopen