Naomi Osaka left the French Open Monday after her return ended in the first round with a straight-set loss to American Amanda Anisimova. Last season, the four-time Grand Slam champion withdrew from the major tournament for a mental health break.
“I’m really happy with myself,” Osaka said Monday, “because I know the emotions that I left France last year.”
Krejcikova was seeded No. 2, but she was coming off an injured right elbow that kept her off the tour since February, and her first match back began with a 4-0 lead before unraveling into aagainst Diane Parry, a 19-year-old from France who is ranked 97th and entered the day with a 1-5 career record in Grand Slam matches.
There weren’t any other such significant results on Day 2, when the women’s winners included No. 1 Iga Swiatek, the 2020 champion; and other past major champs Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka and Bianca Andrescu. In men’s matches, 13-time champion Rafael Nadal won in three sets and No. 13 seed Taylor Fritz won in five.Merely conducting news conferences, before the tournament on Friday and after this loss, were a step forward for Osaka.
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