{"id":46098,"date":"2024-09-25T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/naomi-osaka-cruises-through-opening-round-of-china-open-2024-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:57:19","slug":"naomi-osaka-cruises-through-opening-round-of-china-open-2024-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/naomi-osaka-cruises-through-opening-round-of-china-open-2024-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka cruises through opening round of China Open 2024 &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p>Former top-ranked player Naomi Osaka commenced the China Open 2024 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italy\u2019s Lucia Bronzetti on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam winner headlined the opening day, wrapping up the first-round match against the world No. 77 in 83 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Osaka, the 2019 China Open champion, returns after a four-year hiatus due to a WTA boycott over concerns for Peng Shuai\u2019s well-being. Her next opponent is 21st seed Yulia Putintseva from Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad to be able to play on this court again,\u201d Osaka expressed. \u201cI hope to lift a trophy again soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomiosaka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NaomiOsaka<\/a> back winning again in Beijing 5 years after her 2019 title \ud83c\udf1f<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChinaOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChinaOpen<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSL0nttnLO\">pic.twitter.com\/gSL0nttnLO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 wta (@WTA) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA\/status\/1838864592274964800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Osaka secured a crucial break in the seventh game of the first set and intensified her attack in the second, breaking Bronzetti twice to clinch the win.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Kenin, Townsend Advance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sofia Kenin, former Australian Open champion, moved forward with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Romania\u2019s Ana Bogdan.<\/p>\n<p>Kenin, 25, part of a record 15 American women in Beijing\u2019s draw, faces 12th seed Diana Shnaider next.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Townsend of the US joins Kenin in round two after a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Martina Trevisan. China\u2019s Wang Xinyu overcame Mai Hontama from Japan 6-1, 6-3, and Yuliia Starodubtseva bested Laura Siegemund 6-4, 7-6 (3).<\/p>\n<p>Top seed and US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka starts her campaign on Friday against the victor of Zarina Diyas and Mananchaya Sawangkaew\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, with four WTA 1000 titles this year, is absent this week for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Former top-ranked player Naomi Osaka commenced the China Open 2024 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italy\u2019s Lucia Bronzetti on Wednesday. The four-time Grand Slam winner headlined the opening day, wrapping up the first-round match against the world No. 77 in 83 minutes. Osaka, the 2019 China Open champion, returns after a four-year hiatus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Naomi-Osaka.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46100,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46098\/revisions\/46100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}