Naomi Osaka's wait to reach Wimbledon fourth round goes on
Into 4R for the first time in nine years 🤝
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova comes from a set down to defeat Naomi Osaka 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on No.2 Court 💥#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/0ZwgDsYVc5
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 4, 2025
Unseeded Osaka missed the 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions of the tournament due to mental health issues, injury and pregnancy respectively.
She was visibly frustrated at being broken early in the deciding set, repeatedly banging her racket on the soft barrier at the back of Court Two.
Aided by some fine forehand winners, the 27-year-old Japanese world number 53 hit back from 3-0 down to level, only for her Russian opponent to regain the initiative and progress in two hours and six minutes.
Pavlyuchenkova, a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 2016, will take on either British number three Sonay Kartal or France's Diane Parry for another place in the last eight.
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