Angelique Kerber eliminated Naomi Osaka at the start of Paris 2024 Olympics tennis tournament

German tennis player Angelique Kerber and Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) have advanced to the second round of singles at the tennis tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber defeated formed world’s number one Naomi Osaka (Japan) by 2-0 (7:5, 6:3) in the last match of Saturday’s program, which was severely affected by rain over the French capital. The match lasted only 69 minutes.

For Angelique Kerber, the Beijing Games are the last competition in her professional career.

The opponent of the German tennis player in the second round will be Jaqueline Cristian, who earlier in the day eliminated the 17th-seeded Caroline Garcia (France) after a comeback with 2-1 (5:7, 6:3, 6:4) in two hours and 35 minutes.

Leaders in the women’s doubles competition, Cori Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula (USA) started with success over Daria Saville and Ellen Perez (Australia) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:1) in 73 minutes of play.