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Naomi Osaka continued to radiance successful the City of Light arsenic she bushed American teen Iva Jovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, successful the French Open 3rd circular connected Saturday (May 30, 2026).
On Court Suzanne Lenglen, the Japanese prima erstwhile again made an eye-catching entry, wearing a golden overgarment and a voluminous golden train, an outfit, bracketed by pinkish tennis sneakers and a achromatic sponsor's visor.
She shed the outer layers to play successful different saltation of her golden tennis dress, which shone successful the blazing prima of the fading Paris heatwave.
After the match, Osaka refused to uncover if she had much outfits lined up successful her edifice room.
"I deliberation it's a astonishment each time," she said.
The No. 16 effect continued what is already her longest Roland Garros run.
"I was a batch calmer than successful my archetypal matches," said Osaka, who has won the Australian and US Opens doubly each.
"In a slam the further I get the calmer I am. It specified an honour to beryllium here. It's the furthest I person ever been here."
She volition adjacent look either women's No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka oregon unseeded Australian Daria Kasatkina.
In a lucifer dominated by the serve, Osaka gained the decisive interruption successful the 10th crippled of the 3rd set. Jovic, seeded 17, opened the crippled with a 162kph ace, but aft that, faltered erstwhile Osaka returned, uncovering the nett doubly and past hitting agelong connected the archetypal lucifer point.
The players exchanged breaks aboriginal successful the archetypal acceptable and midway done the 2nd earlier some went to tiebreaks.
Osaka edged the first. Jovic, 18, raced distant to triumph successful the second.
The 28-year-old Osaka said her service had been important against her young opponent.
"I americium truly gladsome it was working," said Osaka. "Against immoderate players you request to enactment your service successful and she was precise assertive connected my 2nd serve,"
