Tennis: Naomi Osaka proud of Pan Pacific result despite loss in final

Despite missing her goal of a tournament victory in front of her Japanese fans, an exhausted Naomi Osaka said she was proud of having reached the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Sunday.Just two weeks after winning the U.S. Open, the 20-year-old's Pan Pacific campaign ended in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to the Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova in front of a vocal home crowd at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi.The U.S.-based Osaka, who is of Japanese and Haitian descent, said the quick turnaround between tournaments had given her little time to recuperate or take stock of her recent achievements."I feel …READ FULL ARTICLE