Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the French Open in the first round on Monday, 12 months after dropping out of the controversial tournament. The Japanese fouling star was beaten 7-5, 6-4 to America’s Amanda Anisimova, making eight double errors and making 29 unmatchable errors. Former world number one and four-time grand slam champion Osaka withdrew from Roland Garros in 2021 when she refused to make mandatory media engagements before revealing she was suffering from depression.
Osaka was fined and threatened with a Grand Slam ban for protesting at press conferences, which she likened to “kicking people when they’re down”.
“It was tough meeting Naomi Osaka in the first round so I knew it wouldn’t be easy,” 27th seed Anisimova said.
“I knew I had to play my best tennis and the conditions weren’t easy.”
On a cold and wet day on Court Suzanne Lenglen, there were four serves in the first six games.
Osaka, who had never made it past the third round in Paris, briefly led 5-4 but was broken for the third time in the 11th game by her fourth double-fault.
27th seed Anisimova, who ended Osaka’s Australian Open title defense in January, served it out of love as the Japanese star made 17 uncharacteristic errors in the open table. score.
Osaka, with her left ankle already bandaged to protect the injury that kept her out of the Italian Open, fractured again in the seventh game of the second set.
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Anisimova, who reached the semifinals in 2019, won the third match with a sharp forehand.
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