Credit goes to Navarro for an exceptional performance. She won 84 percent of her first-serve points, won 4-of-5 break points, avoided facing a break point herself and earned the victory in 59 minutes. She also won five games in a row at one point.
On the flip side, it was a tough result for Osaka, whose struggles at Wimbledon, and on grass, continued.
Osaka has qualified for Wimbledon four times (2017-2019, 2024) but has not advanced further than the third round.
Osaka is also 14-12 lifetime in professional singles play on grass. On hard courts, she's 148-72. That's where all four of her Grand Slam titles have been won, with victories coming at the 2018 and 2020 U.S. Opens and 2019 and 2021 Australian Opens.
In fairness to Osaka, she's largely been away from the game over the past three years.
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