Naomi Osaka showed that she is on the road to recovery from the abdominal injury that forced her out of the Australian Open in January, but getting sharp and match tough is going to take a little more time.
Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, lost to Camila Osorio of Colombia, the world No. 53, in straight sets Wednesday night (6-4, 6-4) in the first round of Indian Wells. On social media, she later described the defeat as the “worst match I’ve ever played in my life.”
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Osaka, ranked 56th, and Osorio were dead even through the first eight games, but Osaka committed a flurry of
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