By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday Could 4, 2025
Naomi Osaka made the choice to drop all the way down to a lower-level match in Saint-Malo, France this week, and she or he was rewarded along with her first trophy raise since 2021.
Fifty fifth-ranked Osaka defeated 515-ranked Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 6-1, 6-5 to take the title. She additionally earned wins over Diane Parry, Elsa Jacquemot and Leolia Jeanjean in Saint-Malo.
🏆 FIRST title in clay for OsakaNaomi Osaka wins the WTA 125 of Saint-Malo, defeating Kaja Juvan 6-2 7-5!
First trophy since 2021 for the four-time Grand Slam champion 🙌🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/nsw2y1FHo3
— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) May 4, 2025
The victory on the 125K occasion marks Osaka’s first professional title on the clay.
The previous World No.1 didn’t face a participant ranked contained in the Prime 100 however will nonetheless acquire confidence from her run of wins.
“Kinda ironic to win my first trophy again on the floor that I believed was my worst,” Osaka wrote on social media. “That’s one in every of my favourite issues about life although, there’s at all times room to develop and evolve. Because of everybody accompanying me on this journey, I do know it’s turbulent nevertheless it’s additionally actually enjoyable and I’m grateful.”
Kinda ironic to win my first trophy again on the floor that I believed was my worst. That’s one in every of my favourite issues about life although, there’s at all times room to develop and evolve. Because of everybody accompanying me on this journey, I do know it’s turbulent nevertheless it’s additionally actually enjoyable and… pic.twitter.com/oR5OY5pTJN
— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) May 4, 2025
She is slated to play the primary draw at Rome, which begins on Tuesday.
NAOMI OSAKA WINS HER FIRST EVER TITLE ON CLAY! 🧡🏆 pic.twitter.com/FfKnsmhF5V
— Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) May 4, 2025
