Naomi Osaka is out of the US Open tournament after losing her third-round match to 18-year-old Leylah Fernandez.
Osaka, who was the defending champion, won the women’s singles titles in both 2018 and 2020 — lost 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-4 to Fernandez, an unseeded player from Canada.
The women shared a handshake at the end of the match before Fernandez raised her arms in victory and waved at the crowd.
“From the very beginning, right before the match, I knew I was able to win,” Fernandez said in her post-match interview.
After the match, Osaka broke down in tears during her post-match interview. The tennis star admits that she is struggling and plans to take a break from tennis.
“I feel like I’m at this point where I’m trying to figure out what I want to do, and I honestly don’t know when I’m going to play my next tennis match… I think I am going to take a break from playing for a while.”
