{"id":7655,"date":"2026-07-03T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/osaka-defeats-kasatkina-to-make-wimbledon-round-of-16\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:35:30","slug":"osaka-defeats-kasatkina-to-make-wimbledon-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/osaka-defeats-kasatkina-to-make-wimbledon-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Osaka defeats Kasatkina to make Wimbledon round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Four-time grand slam winner continues to impress at SW19, losing only four games to Daria \u2060Kasatkina in round three.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Naomi Osaka continued to make a statement at \u2060Wimbledon as \u2060she paired her flair off the court with growing confidence on it to dismiss unseeded Australian Daria \u2060Kasatkina 6-1 6-3 on Friday and reach the last 16 for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Widely regarded as one of \u2060tennis\u2019s top fashion trailblazers, Osaka has attracted plenty of attention for eye-catching dresses in the first week, but the four-times Grand Slam champion from Japan is increasingly letting her tennis do \u200cthe talking.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/3\/canada-morocco-fifa-world-cup-round-of-16-saibari-prediction-schedule\">World Cup cohosts Canada hope to extend dream run, but Morocco test awaits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/3\/video-ronaldo-appears-to-say-bismillah-before-penalty\">Video: Ronaldo appears to say \u2018Bismillah\u2019 before penalty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/3\/world-cup-wrap-day-22\">World cup wrap day 22<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/3\/argentina-fans-flood-miami-for-cape-verde-match\">Argentina fans flood Miami for Cape Verde match<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>After shedding another variation of her \u201cKill Bill\u201d kimono walk-on ensemble \u2013 which this time was a flower-patterned robe \u2013 the 14th seed mixed power with precision to see off Kasatkina and continue her best run at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old fired a backhand winner to \u2060break Kasatkina in the second game and \u2060then backed it up with a deep forehand to secure a double break as she raced through the first set on a sun-drenched Court \u2060One.<\/p>\n<p>Osaka, who reached her first tour-level grass court final at Bad Homburg before retiring \u2060injured, showed she could be a \u2060force in the second week of Wimbledon as she brawled after squandering an early lead in the second set to raise two match points.<\/p>\n<p>She finished \u200cthe second one in style to book what promises to be an intriguing clash with world number one Aryna \u200cSabalenka \u200cor former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko for a spot in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-time grand slam winner continues to impress at SW19, losing only four games to Daria \u2060Kasatkina in round three. Naomi Osaka continued to make a statement at \u2060Wimbledon as \u2060she paired her flair off the court with growing confidence on it to dismiss unseeded Australian Daria \u2060Kasatkina 6-1 6-3 on Friday and reach the last &#8230; <a title=\"Osaka defeats Kasatkina to make Wimbledon round of 16\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/osaka-defeats-kasatkina-to-make-wimbledon-round-of-16\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Osaka defeats Kasatkina to make Wimbledon round of 16\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}