Tennis-Osaka earns first grass win of the season with victory over qualifier Danilovic


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 24 Jun 2025

BAD HOMBURG, Germany (Reuters) -Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka fired 16 aces past Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic to earn a 7-6(6) 7-6(4) victory at the Bad Homburg Open on Monday for her first win on grass this season less than a week before the start of Wimbledon.

The 27-year-old Japanese player, who had lost in the first round at her last two tournaments -- the French Open and the Berlin Open -- had won her first title in May in almost two years following a maternity break.

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