Tennis: Osaka reaches French Open 3rd round for 1st time in 7 years

PARIS - Japan's four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka reached the third round of the French Open for the first time in seven years after battling past Donna Vekic of Croatia 7-6(1), 6-4 on Thursday.

Former world No. 1 Osaka recovered from a break down twice in the first set before cruising in the tiebreak at Roland Garros. She then won a crucial break with a forehand to the corner to go 5-4 up in the second before serving out to beat the Paris Olympics silver medalist.