“I’m just really excited to be here,” Osaka said Monday after pulling out a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 victory over Diane Parry in the first round at the All England Club. No. 2 Coco Gauff and defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz were also victorious on Monday.
UpdatedWIMBLEDON, England — Naomi Osaka had not won a match at Wimbledon in six years. Hadn't even played there in five. Grass courts never were her favorite surface.
On a day when there was plenty of focus away from the courts and instead on the health and status of various players who have been ranked No.
“I still get nerves when I am playing here,” said Alcaraz, who won the French Open last month to become, at 21, the youngest man with a major trophy on three surfaces."I practiced 45 minutes on Thursday, and it’s the first time that I was nervous in a practice — just because I’m playing here.”“Two days before, I felt like I was going to throw up, I was so stressed,” said Lajal, who actually went up a break in each of the first two sets.
But the All England Club also brings back good memories for the 20-year-old American, whose initial Slam appearance came after becoming the event's youngest qualifier at 15 in 2019. Osaka pushed current No. 1 Iga Swiatek to the brink in Paris, leading 5-2 in the third set, serving for the victory at 5-3, even standing one point from victory, before the eventual tournament champion managed to eke out a 7-6 , 1-6, 7-5 second-round win. That was the only set Swiatek lost in what would become an otherwise dominant run to her fourth French Open trophy in five years.
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