Tokyo: Naomi Osaka Japan suffered a 1-6, 4-6 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the Tokyo match on Tuesday, destroying his dream of winning Olympic gold at home.
Osaka, chose to turn on the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony, struggling in an error view under the roof of the central court in the Arie tennis park and was eliminated in 68 minutes.
He was a terrible start by dropping servicing in the opening match.
The second seed broke twice as much because 2019 runner-up open 2019 Vondroustova ran with the first set.
Osaka broke out in the second set but released the initial advantage with a double error that allowed Vondroustova to level up in two games.
The grand slam winner four times wrestling with inconsistencies, and even when given sniffing back on the initiative, he did not have a response to the vondroustova crafty drop shot.
Osaka saved two match points when he was in charge of staying alive at 4-5 but Vondroustova was converted to the third time asking when a Japanese star slapped wide.
Vondroustova, rank 42, will face Paula Badosa or Nadia Podoroska Spain from Argentina.