Belinda Bencic (No. 294) will take on Naomi Osaka (No. 51) in the Round of 32 at the Australian Open on Thursday, January 16.Osaka secured a three-set victory over Karolina Muchova (1-6, 6-1, 6-3)
Two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended a few impressive streaks on Friday while becoming one of the first players to advance to the fourth round of the year's opening Grand Slam tournament.
Naomi Osaka has suffered another major blow. The four-time Grand Slam champion has achieved an unwanted career first following her third-round match in Melbourne.  Two-time champion Osaka is
The 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova allowed Osaka to reach the third round at a major tournament for the first time since the 2022 season.
Naomi Osaka, with LA wildfires on her mind, called her 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win against Caroline Garcia in the Australian Open first round “an acceptable job.”
A four-time Grand Slam champion, Osaka returned from maternity leave last year and lost in the first or second round of all four major tournaments. The 27-year-old Japan native has not won any event on the WTA Tour since capturing her second Australian Open title to start 2021.
For the first time in three years, the tennis world will see Naomi Osaka in the third round of a Grand Slam.
At her peak, the four-time Grand Slam champion played her best tennis in the toughest moments. In Melbourne, she did it again.
Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic. “I kind of have a history of it,
Naomi Osaka may be on the other side of the world, but her mind is very much on her home. After defeating Caroline Garcia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the first round of the Australian Open, Osaka revealed she had someone retrieve her daughter's birth certificate from her Los Angeles-area home as the wildfires that have destroyed wide swaths of Southern California neared her house.
In the Australian Open Round of 64 on Tuesday, we have a matchup featuring No. 51-ranked Naomi Osaka versus No. 20 Karolina Muchova.Muchova’s last competition was a win, 6-1, 6-3, over