Australian Open: Osaka comes from behind to exact revenge on Muchova

Naomi Osaka won against Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday and will face Swiss Belinda Bencic in the next round

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Japanese Naomi Osaka beat No 20 seed Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

The victory sees Osaka through to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time since returning to the WTA tour after giving birth to her daughter in 2023.

“Honestly it took everything. I felt like I left everything on the court,” said Osaka of her victory over Muchova, who beat her 6-3, 7-6(5) at the US Open last August.

“Last year was really tough for me, I felt like I could have done better. I’m glad I’m going to be able to play another round.

“It means a lot. She’s an incredibly difficult opponent for me to play. She crushed me in the US Open when I had my best outfit ever, I was so disappointed, I was so mad.

“This was my little revenge. It’s not a bad thing – revenge is competitive, you guys!”

Osaka, ranked No 51, will face Swiss Belinda Bencic next.

Ahead of her victory, the Japanese won against Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia (6-3, 3-6, 6-3).

Muchova, ranked No 20, defeated Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-1, 6-1) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

  • Rebecca Sramkova vs. Iga Swiatek
  • Emma Raducanu vs. Amanda Anisimova
  • Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
  • Eva Lys vs. Varvara Gracheva
  • Yafan Wang vs. Daria Kasatkina
  • Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
  • Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
  • Emma Navarro vs. Xiyu Wang
  • Renata Zarazua vs. Jasmine Paolini
  • Elina Svitolina vs. Caroline Dolehide
  • Veronika Kudermetova vs. Katie Boulter
  • Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Erika Andreeva
  • Destanee Aiava vs. Danielle Collins
  • Madison Keys vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
  • Danka Kovinic vs. Dayana Yastremska
  • Elena Rybakina vs. Iva Jovic
  • Paula Badosa vs. Talia Gibson
  • Coco Gauff vs. Jodie Burrage
  • Jule Niemeier vs. Marta Kostyuk
  • Harriet Dart vs. Donna Vekic
  • Diana Shnaider vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Anastasia Potapova
  • Cristina Bucsa vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
  • Belinda Bencic beat Suzan Lamens: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
  • Jessica Pegula (7) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-2
  • Olga Danilovic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 6-1, 6-2
  • Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
  • Magdalena Frech (23) beat Anna Blinkova: 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
  • Clara Tauson beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2
  • Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 7-5
  • Laura Siegemund beat Qinwen Zheng (5): 7-6 (3), 6-3

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