Naomi Osaka
Knocked Out of
Olympics in Third Round.
The tennis superstar lost to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday.
The tennis superstar lost to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday.
I'm disappointed in every loss,
but I feel like this one sucks
more than the others. , Naomi Osaka, via ESPN.
Vondrousova, who is ranked 42nd, acknowledged the amount of pressure Osaka was under.
It's tough for her also playing in Japan and in the Olympics ... It's so much pressure, I cannot imagine, Marketa Vondrousova, via ESPN.
Osaka won her first two opening matches
after lighting the Olympic cauldron during
the opening ceremony last week.
The tennis star referred to her role lighting
the cauldron as "undoubtedly the greatest athletic achievement and honor I will ever have in my life.".
The Tokyo Games marked
Osaka’s return to tennis after a
two-month mental health break.
The star athlete left the French Open after
being reprimanded for not speaking to the
press and later sat out of Wimbledon