Osaka stunned by 18-year-old Pohankova at Pan Pacific Open in Japan
Naomi Osaka, seeded No 7 and playing before home fans in Japan, was knocked out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday by teenager Mia Pohankova.
Japan's Naomi Osaka stunned in front of home crowd as she is knocked out by Slovakian teenager Mia Pohankova in Tokyo exit; You can watch the WTA Pan Pacific Open, WTA Guangzhou Open, ATP Swiss Indoors and ATP Vienna Open live on Sky Sports Tennis
Naomi Osaka, seeded No 7 and playing before home fans in Japan, was knocked out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday by teenager Mia Pohankova.
Slovakia's Pohankova, who turned 18 a week ago and was a wild-card entry in Japan, upset Osaka 6-3 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Pohankova, the 2025 junior singles champion at Wimbledon, stunned Osaka, who was coming off a win over Jasmine Paolini in the first round in Tokyo.
In other round-of-16 matches on Thursday, Parks defeated Kimberly Birrell 6-3 6-1, and Leylah Fernandez defeated No 5 Elise Mertens 6-2 7-6 (8-6).
In a late match, top-ranked Elena Rybakina will face Yulina Putintseva. Both were born in Russia but represent Kazakhstan.
Second-seeded Maja Chwalinska and No. 4 Belinda Bencic pulled out of the tournament earlier with injuries. Chwalinska has an injured left thigh and Bencic has a right-ankle injury.
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