It wasn't the ending that Naomi Osaka — nor her multitudes of fans across Japan and worldwide — had expected. The start of the Tokyo Olympics ... the host country's poster girl for the ...

Osaka was the final runner of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony in 2021, while Nishikori has competed in four straight Olympics since Beijing in 2008.

Kerber currently leads Osaka 4-2 in their meetings, but at the pair’s last battle, Osaka dismissed Kerber, 6-2, 6-3, at the 2022 Miami Open. Italy’s Jasmine Polini enters the Olympics after an ...