: Madrid Open: Karolina Muchova knocks out Naomi Osaka in second round, Simona Halep advances #IndiaNEWS Naomi Osaka said she has a better plan for coping with clay after she suffered a second-round

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Madrid Open: Karolina Muchova knocks out Naomi Osaka in second round, Simona Halep advances #IndiaNEWS
Naomi Osaka said she has a better plan for coping with clay after she suffered a second-round exit at the Madrid Open on Sunday, the Japanese second seed losing 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to Karolina Muchova.Elsewhere, two-time Madrid champion Simona Halep held off a late fightback from China’s Zheng Saisai to win 6-0, 6-4 but Victoria Azarenka is out, after she withdrew from her second round match against Jessica Pegula with a back injury.Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, has seven career hard-court titles, but has never managed to lift a clay-court trophy.Playing her first clay-court event since the 2019 French Open, Osaka beat compatriot Misaki Doi in the first round, but she came unstuck against Muchova, who is making her top 20 debut this week.“I have a pretty positive outlook on it,??? said Osaka after the match. “I can control my attitude and how hard I fought and for me, I thought I did that really well.“Physically I don’t think I got tired. I just made some pretty bad decisions point-wise in really crucial moments. So I think I’ll learn from that, and hopefully - I don’t really want to play her on clay anymore - but maybe next time we play, I’ll...Read more

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