In a second round match of the 2025 Australian Open women's singles on the 15th local time, former world queen Naomi Osaka defeated the Czech women's player Mukhova, who ranked 20th in the world women's singles, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, and advanced to the top 32 of the women's singles in 1 hour and 57 minutes. This is the first time that Naomi Osaka has advanced to the third round of the women's singles at a Grand Slam since giving birth to her beloved daughter in July 2023.

Former world queen Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka lost the first set 1-6 and won the second set 6-1. In the crucial third set, the two sides exchanged serve in the first 4 games, Naomi Osaka broke the opponent's serve in the 5th game, and successfully held serve in the 6th game, allowing Naomi Osaka to hold a 4-2 lead. Although Mukhova also held serve in one game, Naomi Osaka won two games in a row and broke her opponent's serve twice to win the set 6-3.

Czech women's player Mukhova

AFP reported after the game that talking about how the game was reversed to win, Naomi Osaka said that to be honest, this game drained all her energy and felt like giving everything on the field. On beating Mukhova, Osaka said, "It means a lot, she's a very difficult opponent to play against. ”

Naomi Osaka lost to Mukhova in the second round of the US Open last year, but today she won. Naomi Osaka laughed, "She beat me at the US Open when I was wearing the best costume ever... I was so disappointed, so angry. "It's a little revenge on me. ”

Former world queen Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka is the 2019 and 2021 Australian Open women's singles champion and two-time US Open champion, and is currently ranked 51st in the world women's singles rankings. This is the first time that Naomi Osaka has advanced to the third round of the women's singles at a Grand Slam since giving birth to her beloved daughter in July 2023. The last time Naomi Osaka reached the third round of a Grand Slam women's singles was at the 2022 Australian Open. Naomi Osaka's opponent in the next round will be the Swiss good Ban Ciqi. Ban Xiqi gave birth to her daughter in April 2024, and she also made a comeback after giving birth.