'nothing Positive To Say' - Osaka Exits Wimbledon

Wimbledon 2025

Dates: 30 June-13 July Venue: All England Club

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Four-time awesome victor Naomi Osaka said she had "nothing affirmative to say" aft missing retired connected a first quality successful nan Wimbledon 4th round.

The 27-year-old erstwhile world number 1 was well-backed by nan crowd connected Court Two, but fell to a 3-6 6-4 6-4 nonaccomplishment to erstwhile quarter-finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Osaka has not progressed beyond nan 3rd information astatine a Grand Slam since achieving her astir caller awesome triumph astatine nan Australian Open successful January 2021.

The Japanese player, who mislaid successful nan French Open first information successful May, said: "I deliberation successful Paris, erstwhile I sat present [to speak to nan media], I was very emotional.

"Now I don't consciousness anything. So I conjecture I'd for illustration to consciousness thing than everything."

Osaka has taken respective breaks from nan athletics to prioritise her intelligence health, arsenic good arsenic a maternity break successful 2023.

The two-time Australian Open and US Open champion returned to nan Tour successful 2024 pursuing nan commencement of her daughter, Shai.

But Osaka said later that twelvemonth that she did not "feel for illustration I'm successful my body" arsenic she struggled to rediscover her champion form.

On whether she feels person to making different heavy tally astatine a major, Osaka said connected Friday: "Yes, but honestly, correct now I'm conscionable really upset.

"I'm conscionable going to beryllium a antagonistic quality being today. I'm truthful sorry. I person thing affirmative to opportunity astir myself, which is thing I'm moving on.

"I consciousness like, while I still person nan opportunity to effort to [compete], I want to.

"Even though I get very upset erstwhile I lose, but I deliberation that's my competitory nature."