BREAKING - World number 2 in tennis Osaka eliminated from Tokyo Olympics

 

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka was eliminated from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

over a loss to her Czech opponent Marketa Vondrousova on Tuesday.

Second-seeded Osaka, who is a four-time Grand Slam winner, lost against Vondrousova 2-0 with the sets of 6-1, 6-4 in the third round match of women's singles at Ariake Tennis Centre Court to exit the Games.

Vondrousova will face Spain's Paula Badosa or Nadia Podoroska of Argentina in the quarterfinals.

Osaka, 23, lit the Olympic cauldron at the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony on Friday.