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Naomi Osaka precocious to the 3rd circular of the French Open for the archetypal clip successful 7 years connected Thursday (May 28, 2026) with a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 triumph implicit Croatia's Donna Vekic.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka volition adjacent instrumentality connected American teen Iva Jovic arsenic some players effort to scope the past 16 astatine Roland Garros for the archetypal time.
Osaka, seeded 16th, retrieved an aboriginal interruption against Vekic and past broke backmost again erstwhile her hostile was serving for the archetypal set.
The Japanese prima dominated a tie-break and came up with the decisive interruption precocious successful the 2nd acceptable to enactment distant the 72nd-ranked Vekic.
Osaka's tally to the US Open semi-finals past twelvemonth is the lone clip she has made the 2nd week of a large since her past Grand Slam triumph astatine the 2021 Australian Open.
The erstwhile satellite fig 1 returned to the courts successful aboriginal 2024 aft a twelvemonth retired pursuing the commencement of her daughter.
