Overview

• Osaka exited Wimbledon on July 4 after falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third round, a stage she has yet to surpass at the tournament.
• Viral clips of her tearful post-match press conference drew widespread attention and prompted her to challenge platforms for spotlighting her low points.
• Between July 4 and 6 she took to Threads to accuse ESPN and sports blogs of clipping only her loss-day interviews and ignoring her post-victory remarks.
• She described her disappointment as fleeting and stressed that her reaction was a normal human response she is working to view more positively.
• She is already concentrating on training for the US Open next month, a tournament she has won twice, most recently in 2020.