PARIS — Naomi Osaka is grinding her way through the French Open the hard way. 1 Victoria Azarenka, beaten 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the second round Thursday in a match with superb shot-making. The U.S Open and Australian Open champion from Japan, who surprisingly lost a set 6-0 in the first round, again started poorly. Broken by a backhand volley at the net from Azarenka in the fifth game of the second set, Osaka seemed to be in deep trouble. It was the seventh break point Azarenka had faced in the set, and the first she had failed to save.

Source: National Post May 30, 2019 06:31 UTC