Naomi Osaka simply doesn’t lose when she gets to Grand Slam quarterfinals
September 2, 2025
Once Naomi Osaka is in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament, look out. For a while, it was getting there that was the problem. Right now, Osaka appears to be back at her best, and she most definitively is back at that stage of a major, getting ready to face Karolina Muchova at the U.S. Open on Wednesday for a spot in the semifinals. It’s the first time Osaka — who has been ranked No. 1 and now is seeded No. 23 — has made it this far at one of the four most important events in tennis since the Australian Open in early 2021. That was also the last time she won a Slam trophy.