Tennis player Naomi Osaka competed in the Australian Open, her first of the four major tournaments since returning to tour events after giving birth. In the first round of the women's singles, she lost to a French player by a set count of 1-0, but she wowed the crowd with her powerful serve and shots throughout.
Former world No. 7 Osaka, who returned to tour events this season after giving birth to a baby girl in July last year, played in the first round of the women's singles at the Australian Open on the 1th, facing France's Carolyn Garcia, who is ranked 15th in the latest world rankings.
Osaka, who was playing in her first major tournament since the 1 US Open, showed her strength by breaking her opponent with a strong serve from the start of the first set, but she missed a shot in the fifth game and conceded a break to drop the set 19-2022.
In the second set, Osaka built the match from her serve and hit a forehand shot that hit the course at the end of the match, but her opponent did not give up and the match went to a tiebreak.
Osaka took the first point with a service ace, but was unable to seize the momentum and was pushed by her opponent in the final to take the set 1-5 after a tie-break.
As a result, Osaka lost 4-6 in a set and was unable to win her first match of the four major tournaments since her return, but she showed her strengths in many ways against high-ranking opponents and excited the crowd.