Rattled by a derogatory shout from a spectator,Naomi Osaka went on to lose 6-0,6-4 to Veronika Kudermetova of Russia in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night.
Young American Amanda Anisimova has caused a boilover at the Australian Open,removing defending champion Naomi Osaka in a classic three-setter on Friday night.
No woman,over the past three years,has been a finer performer on hard courts than the Japanese star Naomi Osaka,who opened her Australian Open defence in stylish fashion.
The star of Osaka burns brightly across the North Pacific Ocean,which splits her homelands in Japan and the United States,and has captivated tennis fans and corporations alike.
Naomi Osaka admits the added pressure of being defending champion has been playing on her mind,while Emma Raducanu prepares to feature in the main draw for the first time.
Tennis players made up five of the list’s 10 spots,which Forbes said marked the sport’s lowest tally in more than a decade.
Ash Barty was at her brilliant best against a fellow grand slam champion in the Adelaide International semi-finals.
A nondescript Melbourne day in early January was the gentle backdrop as Naomi Osaka got back in the groove on two different,but significant,fronts.
Australian veteran Sam Stosur has confirmed that next month’s Australian Open will be her singles swansong.
In a year in which Roger Federer won the ATP fan favourite award by playing a dozen or so matches and two teenage women came from the clouds to play the US Open final,the transitional nature of tennis revealed itself.
Tennis superstars Naomi Osaka and Rafael Nadal were scarcely seen on court in the second half of this year.