Overview

• Osaka defeated Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6-3, 6-4 in a night match on Louis Armstrong Stadium to open her US Open campaign.
• She arrived in a crystal‑encrusted red Nike kit with rose-adorned hair and displayed a bejeweled Labubu mascot she named “Billie Jean Bling.”
• After the match, she said she felt “very stressed” and admitted, “I could have had a better attitude,” despite the straight-sets result.
• The two-time US Open champion is the No. 23 seed, marking her first seeded appearance at a major in four years after a momentum-building run to the Montreal final.
• Now working with coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, Osaka will face American Hailey Baptiste in the second round.