Osaka via London

“a walloping that mercifully lasted only 58 minutes.” — Reuters 

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Naomi Osaka's goal to improve her grasscourt game will have to wait for at least another 12 months after her Wimbledon comeback stalled in the second round following a 6-4 6-1 walloping by American Emma Navarro that mercifully lasted only 58 minutes.

When the four-times Grand Slam champion returned to the tour in January following a 15-month maternity break, top of her wish list was to "do much better on clay and grass".

Unfortunately for the Japanese superstar, she failed to match even her career-best third-round showings at the French Open and now at Wimbledon.

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https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/osakas-wimbledon-comeback-ended-by-on-fire-navarro-2024-07-03/

She has made the most of her career.

Sorry, but she's not anywhere near the top of tennis anymore and the amount of coverage by JT of her losses should be about the same as that of Nishinori Kei.

Very disappointing for her millions of fans in Japan and Haiti.

Professional sports. She is milking the money out of her sponsorship contracts. That was the only reason for her comeback.

Here’s a pic of Naomi Osaka!

(caption: oh she lost though)

Here’s a pic of Naomi Osaka!

(caption: oh she lost though)

This morning, the original caption didn’t contain any information about Navarro. Didn’t mention her name or the score. JT changed the caption after Asiaman made his post.

Geez... has she won ANY matches lately?

You can see how seriously she is taking her training by simply looking at her. Not fat shaming, but she is easily 5 kg over her best weight for optimum performance as an elite athlete. At this level that makes a huge difference, her coach must also know but either doesn't care or Naomi refuses to do anything about it.