Former top-ranked women's tennis star Naomi Osaka is out of the French Open after losing in the first round to Amanda Anisimova. More:
When later asked more on what her thoughts were ahead of Wimbledon, she said,"Yeah, like for me, I'm not sure why but, like, I feel like if I play Wimbledon without points, it's more like an exhibition. I know this isn't true, right? But my brain just like feels that way. Whenever I think like something is like an exhibition, I just can't go at it 100 percent.
Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 who took two mental health breaks last season. That included one that began when she withdrew before her second-round match at the 2021 French Open. Anisimova is a 20-year-old American who reached the French Open semifinals in 2019. She also beat Osaka in the third round at the Australian Open in January.
On Monday morning in Paris, Osaka double-faulted twice on break point, once in each set. After the second, which gave Anisimova a 4-3 lead, Osaka took a 40-0 lead in the next game, but the American held and closed out the match."I thought I tried really hard, and I just feel like it was a bit unfortunate because I wasn't able to play as many matches leading into this tournament," Osaka said.
Osaka played with tape on her left Achilles. She was stretching it and kicking it with her right foot when she was broken in the seventh game of the second set. She later said she could feel the Achilles injury, but it didn't impact her game."I still kind of felt it a little, which I'm going to see what happens when it wears off," Osaka said."I think, like, I kind of prepared myself to feel it, so that wasn't really the wearing part.
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