Defending US Open champion Naomi Osaka is out of the tournament after losing her third-round match to 18-year-old Leylah Fernandez. Osaka — who won the women's singles titles in both 2018 and ...

18-year-old Leylah Fernandez dazzles, defeats defending #USOpen champion Naomi Osaka 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Osaka served for the match up *6-5 in the second and couldn't close it out.

Naomi Osaka. Defending US Open champion Naomi Osaka is out of the tournament after losing her third-round match to 18-year-old Leylah Fernandez.

Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam singles winner and the reigning U.S. Open champion, served for the match up 6-5 in the second set. However, Fernandez broke Osaka and won the tiebreaker 7-2.

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, throws her racket down during a match against Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, at the third round of the US Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in New York.

before the American retired due to illness at 2-6, 7-6 (0). Fernandez will face American Shelby Rogers in the next round, a rematch of their exciting Round of 16 duel last year, which Rogers won 2-6, ...

But when Osaka sailed a forehand wide, Fernandez had her first break of the match to make it 6-all. “Finally, I found a pattern to her serve,” Fernandez said.

The defending US Open champion and a four-time major winner, Osaka struggled throughout much of the match against the 18-year-old Fernandez at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and her frustration was visible.

In a stunning result, US Open defending champion Naomi Osaka lost her third-round match to Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in three sets, as the world No. 3 and four-time major champion ...

Naomi Osaka’s title defense at the U.S. Open was over in the third round with a 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-4 loss Friday night to Leylah Fernandez, an 18-year-old from Canada who is ranked 73rd and never ...