Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Thursday, July 3, 2025
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We’ve heard so much about who is the Wimbledon women’s singles appealing – can you say the second, 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds? – But who?
Entering the 4th Grand Slam Championship Naomi OsakaHe entered the third round of Wimbledon for the first time since 2018.
Osaka ranked 53 and will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova In her second week of the profession, if she can pass this match, she will reach her second week for the first time since the 2021 Australian Open.
The 27-year-old said that after a season, she tried to keep her expectations low, which led to some reliable results but failed to impress the planet with her own lofty standards.
“I went a little bit smoothly,” Osaka told reporters after defeating Katerina Siniakova on Day 3. “I talked to Patrick before this game, so I was taking a point a little bit every time, and I wasn’t thinking too much of the rounds.”
move? “More comfortable”
For Osaka on the grass, this has always been a challenge. She said she felt more comfortable on the surface than after a while.
In recent years, Osaka has been worried about hurting herself on a slippery surface, but she is no longer afraid of being on the grass.
“I think I’ll definitely feel more comfortable riding on the grass this year,” she said. “I know I’ve been really scared of moving in recent years because when I was younger, my knees or anything else were nervous. It took a few years to get over this, but I’m sure I’ll feel more comfortable.”
“With the fear of age, a little crawling, I think, paralyzed me in some way. Now, I kind of overcome it, trying to spread my wings out on the grass. I think it’s working, and I think I’m doing a good move.”
