MANILA, Philippines — Belarusian and former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and Japanese Naomi Osaka were two big names hardly finding trouble in making the second round of the Italian Open at the ...

She accomplished her mission. For Saturday’s final against Victoria Azarenka, Osaka remembered Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old from Cleveland who was shot by police in a park almost six years ago.

Victoria Azarenka, the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia finalist, opened her 2025 campaign with a straight-sets defeat of Camila Osorio. Fresh off capturing last week’s Saint-Malo WTA 125 title, Naomi ...

Naomi Osaka still wore the pink accessories in her hair inspired by "sakura" — cherry blossoms — and there were streaks on ...

“So excited to play against her, because we didn’t get to play last week, so it’s going to be super fun,” said Azarenka, who sat in her assigned suite in Ashe to watch some of Osaka v ...

Azarenka defeated Colombian Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-3 while Osaka posted the same victory over Italian wild card Sara Errani. Azarenka, ranked No 54, will face No 26 seed Magdalena Frech next while ...

No.21 seed Veronika Kudermetova defeated former champion Naomi Osaka, 6-0, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. Kudermetova will face Marie Bouzkova for a spot in the Round of 16 ...

Six Grand Slam champions return to action as Coco Gauff takes on rising Czech Tereza Valentova and Victoria Azarenka faces ...

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal waves as he leaves the court after losing against Germany's Alexander Zverev during their first ...

For Osaka, meanwhile, the decision to take a late entry into the WTA125 event in Saint Malo also paid dividends. Not only did the Japanese win four matches in a row to lift the trophy, but she ...