Wimbledon: Naomi Osaka loses to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 3rd round

LONDON AP Naomi Osaka might be more confident on grass courts these days but she will once again leave Wimbledon in the third round after a - - - loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday Osaka is a former No now ranked th and a four-time Grand Slam champion all on hard courts she won the U S Open and Australian Open twice apiece Osaka arrived at the All England Club this year having lost three of her last four matches at the place and with a career record of - there Her best showing was getting to the third round in and she missed the tournament in and From -all in the third set Pavluchenkova grabbed eight of the match s last points holding at love then latest in the final competition with the help of a trio of forehand unforced errors by Osaka A majority of you were cheering for Naomi but that s OK Pavlyuchenkova who turned on Thursday described the crowd at Court No I m mentally tough so that didn t bother me at all The opposite It gave me potency Pavlyuchenkova who is ranked rd was the runner-up at the French Open and Friday s triumph moved her into the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time since she was a quarterfinalist nine years ago AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source