Osaka, who has won the Australian Open and the U.S. Open singles titles twice, won her first match at the elite level since late 2022 on Monday in straight sets against Tamara Korpatsch.
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The 2021 US Open champion made a winning return to the court at the ASB Classic in Auckland on Tuesday after being sidelined since April following operations on her wrists and ankle.
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The 16-year-old on Tuesday added Rob Cross to an impressive list of scalps at Alexandra Palace.
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Naomi Osaka loses the second match of her comeback to another former world number 1 Karolina Pliskova at the Brisbane International.
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Naomi Osaka's first tournament appearance in more than two years has ended with a second-round defeat to 16th seed Karolina Pliskova at the Brisbane International.
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Osaka went down 3-6 7-6 (4) 6-4.
The 16-year-old blew beat Rob Cross 6-2 in his semi-final to set up a final meeting with new world number one Luke Humprhies.
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Britain's Emma Raducanu will avoid qualifying and enter the main draw at this month's Australian Open following a number of withdrawals from the tournament.
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