Your daily guide to tennis at the Olympics: Osaka headlines women’s action on Monday July 26
23-year-old Osaka opens proceedings on Day 3 at the Tokyo Olympics with a second-round clash against Wimbledon quarter-finalist Viktorija Golubic.
Naomi Osaka – Tokyo 2020 – OG
- Seeded players in action (Second round, round of 32) :
(2) Naomi Osaka vs Viktorija Golubic
(3) Aryna Sabalenka vs Donna Vekic
(4) Elina Svitolina vs Ajla Tomljanovic
(5) Karolina Pliskova vs Carla Suarez Navarro
(6) Iga Swiatek vs Paula Badosa
(7) Garbiñe Muguruza vs Qiang Wang
(8) Barbora Krejcikova vs Leylah Annie Fernandez
(10) Petra Kvitova vs Alison Van Uytvanck
(13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Anna-Lena Friedsam
(14) Maria Sakkari vs Nina Stojanovic
(15) Elena Rybakina vs Rebecca Peterson. - Other notable second-round matches on Monday:
Fiona Ferro vs Sara Sorribes Tormo
Elena Vesnina vs Camila Giorgi - Matches start at 11:00 am local time (3:00 am London time, 10:00 pm Sunday New York time, 7:00 pm Sunday LA time). The full order of play for Monday is here.
- To follow our full coverage of the tennis event at the Tokyo Olympics, please visit this page.
- To follow the results and to see the men’s draw and women’s draw, we recommend you follow the official Tokyo 2020 website
- Tuesday’s programme at the Tokyo Games will be updated here
- All the information you need – where the tournament is held, which surface is the tournament held on, and the defending champions, and other things you could possibly need to know – are hopefully on this page.
People in this post
More tennis news
December 18, 2024
“I also think there is a side to Nick few people see..” – Osaka on what she admires about Kyrgios
The Japanese player believes Kyrgios has a big hear and she admires his...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
Nadal recalls childhood incident that turned out to be a “very important lesson for me”
The Spaniard has written an essay in The Players Tribune where he looks...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
“There were months when I thought about taking a complete break from tennis to cleanse my mind” – Nadal
The Spaniard retired from the sport at the Davis Cup last month in...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
“Even a Djokovic can still learn something” – Melzer on the Serb’s partnership with Murray
The former world No 8 believes that Djokovic will have to train differently...
Haresh Ramchandani
December 17, 2024
“Fonseca reminds me of like a mini-Sinner” – Michelsen
The American says Fonseca hits the ball in the same manner as the...
Haresh Ramchandani
Your comments