(Reuters) -Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka won her first WTA title since triumphing at the 2021 Australian Open after beating Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan 6-1 7-5 in the final of the L’Open 35 de Saint-Malo – a WTA 125 tournament on clay. It was the 27-year-old Japanese player’s first WTA title since she became a […]
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(Reuters) -Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka won her first WTA title since triumphing at the 2021 Australian Open after beating Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan 6-1 7-5 in the final of the L’Open 35 de Saint-Malo – a WTA 125 tournament on clay.
It was the 27-year-old Japanese player’s first WTA title since she became a mother in July 2023.
“Kinda ironic to win my first trophy back on the surface that I thought was my worst. That’s one of my favourite things about life though, there’s always room to grow and evolve,” Osaka posted on X.
Osaka struggled with her lack of power and accuracy as she failed to progress beyond the second round of any Grand Slam last year.
The former world number one, who reached the third round of the Australian Open in January before retiring due to injury, is set to feature in the main draw of the French Open later this month.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar and Toby Davis)