Cincinnati Masters 2022: Naomi Osaka Crashes Out In First Round
Naomi Osaka's summer form slump deepened on Tuesday as the four-time Grand Slam winner lost 6-4, 7-5 to Zhang Shuai at the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Masters. The first-round defeat on pre-US Open hardcourt was the second in as many weeks for Japan's former world number one, now ranked 39th. The 24-year-old was eliminated in the Toronto first round and has won just a single match out of four on cement -- at the WTA Silicon Valley in July. World number 44 Zhang moved into the second round in 75 minutes as she won her first main draw match here since 2014.
