FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Pan Pacific Open - Women's Singles - Final match - Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan - September 22, 2019 - Japan's Naomi Osaka. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
(Reuters) - Naomi Osaka was certainly disappointed on Saturday after falling in straight sets to Iga Swiatek in the Miami Open final, but the four-time Grand Slam champion said she may leave Florida with something more valuable than the winner's trophy.
Osaka only dropped one set en route to the final, where her impressive run came to an abrupt end as she fell 6-4 6-0, but the 24-year-old Japanese player said she learned a valuable lesson while falling short.
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