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Twitter Stunned as Naomi Osaka Exits Tokyo Olympics 2020 in a Mediocre Performance
World No. 2 Naomi Osaka returned to competitive action at the Tokyo Olympics for the first time since withdrawing from the French Open. Although she cruised past China’s Zheng Saisai and Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic in her first two matches, she faced a huge challenge in Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova today.
The Japanese star suffered a shock upset at the hands of Vondrousova, who took an impressive straight sets victory. Although Osaka fought back in the second set, she couldn’t save herself from losing 1-6, 4-6 to the unseeded Czech.
The defeat means Osaka‘s challenge to clinch a gold medal on home soil ended in disappointing fashion. Despite that, there’s no doubt that Vondrousova was better on the day than the World No. 2. This marked Osaka’s first defeat before the quarterfinals of a hard court tournament since the 2020 Australian Open.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Tennis – Women’s Singles – Round 3 – Ariake Tennis Park – Tokyo, Japan – July 27, 2021. Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic shakes hands with Naomi Osaka of Japan after winning her third round match REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
After the match, tennis fans took to Twitter to express their feelings of shock and awe after the biggest upset of the Tokyo Olympics. Here are some of the best reactions to Osaka’s defeat on Twitter.
Daring to dream.
Marketa Vondrousova is the first player through to the women’s singles quarterfinals, upsetting Naomi Osaka in straight sets. #Olympics • #Tennis • #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/wWVyxva7Kz
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) July 27, 2021
lol at #Vondrousova drop shotting #Osaka to death here #Olympics #Tennis
— Cyvasse (@Cyvasse_Khal) July 27, 2021
Naomi Osaka bettors right now #Olympics #Tennis pic.twitter.com/K9wRKiHJgb
— The Betting Mouth of the South (@ElCalienteBets) July 27, 2021
Brilliant Vondrousova #CZE and is like she really want this gold more than Osaka #JPN at this point 2-2 in second set. #Tokyo2020 #Tennis #Olympics #Olympics2021 pic.twitter.com/GYH5gHyM8m
— WOLE KING OJO (@iamwoleojo) July 27, 2021
Osaka doesn’t look like herself right now. #Tennis #Olympics
— Emmanuel Camarillo (@mannycam) July 27, 2021
Wow definitely did not see Naomi dropping the first set 6-1 keep battling @naomiosaka #Tennis
— Aodhán Doyle (@AodhanDoyle) July 27, 2021
osaka not feeling the ball to start off, vondrousova taking great chances early in this encounter #Tokyo2020 #tennis
— Matthias Lee (@ml_matthias) July 27, 2021
Osaka won a point at the net #Tennis #Tokyo2020
— BaselineBeast9 (@wtaaddict) July 27, 2021
Doesn’t help that her opponent is a lefty and she can’t seem to read her serve #Tennis #Olympics
— Wannabe WAG (@chumaninande) July 27, 2021
Damn! Naomi lost her serve again. #tennis #tokyo2020 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/gbhgyTwTwZ
— surviving loneliness (@Iam_SarahTee) July 27, 2021
Naomi doesn’t look into this match at all. Very much going thru the motions. #tennis
— Regina George (@DJKMean) July 27, 2021
I don’t know why but I legit had a bad feeling for Naomi coming into this match and now…. #Tennis #Olympics
— Danny (@dajosc11) July 27, 2021
I’ll be Vondrousova’s biggest fan if she wins this match. #tennis #Olympics
— Fully Vaccinated Samantha Jayne (@sbjayne) July 27, 2021
Vondrousova #CZE just to good with the slice. Where is Osaka’s power? #Tennis
— WOLE KING OJO (@iamwoleojo) July 27, 2021
Vondrousova might want to try a drop shot on every single point… #Tennis #Tokyo2020
— BaselineBeast9 (@wtaaddict) July 27, 2021
Unexpected #Tennis #TokyoOlympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/8PwXwuq7XD
— WOLE KING OJO (@iamwoleojo) July 27, 2021
Gran juego de Marketa Vondrousova Capaz y elimina a Naomi Osaka #Tennis #Olympics pic.twitter.com/wtNJLx7nte
— Andrea Rendón (@andrearendon__) July 27, 2021
I’d say Osaka’s getting cooked, but she’s really cooking herself. #Tennis #Olympics
— Danny (@dajosc11) July 27, 2021
#NaomiOsaka knocked out in another huge #tennis upset! #Olympics
— 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪𝕋𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣 (@chemingineer) July 27, 2021
HUGE UPSET !!
Naomi Osaka defeated by Vondrousova. This is just crazy.#Olympics #Tennis
— Sayantan (@jojogotschwifty) July 27, 2021
Ah Naomi. What a depressing way to go out, especially after playing two really good matches in her return. Especially on home turf.
Just sucks so much. #Tennis #Olympics
— Danny (@dajosc11) July 27, 2021
Vondrousova with a convincing straight-set rout of Osaka, and I say – once again – that this women’s #Tennis tournament is wide open. Chance for Muguruza? #Tokyo2020
— George Gerbo (@Gerbo3) July 27, 2021
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