SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka claimed her first WTA title since triumphing at the 2021 Australian Open — and on her seemingly worst surface.
Osaka beat Kaja Juvan 6-1, 7-5 Sunday to win L’Open 35 de Saint-Malo — a WTA 125 tournament — and secure her first ever trophy on clay.
It was also the Japanese player’s first WTA title since she became a mother in July 2023, returning to tennis at the start of the following year.
“Kinda ironic to win my first trophy back on the surface that I thought was my worst,” Osaka wrote on X.