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

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.The winner of the 2018 and 2020 U.S. Opens as well as the 2019 and 2021 Australian Opens, Osaka gave birth to her daughter in Jul…READ FULL ARTICLE