Wimbledon 2025: Naomi Osaka Has 'Nothing Positive To Say' After Third-Round Exit At SW19

Naomi Osaka said she had "nothing positive to say" after missing out on a place in the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Osaka has never been beyond the third round at SW19, a run which continued on Friday as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova staged a comeback win to triumph 3-6 6-4 6-4 on Court Two.

The 27-year-old has struggled at grand slams since her last major win at the Australian Open in 2021, reaching the third round in four of the 12 she has played in since.

Only at the French Open (53%) does Osaka have a lower win rate than at Wimbledon (58%), and having been knocked out in the first round at Roland-Garros in May, she was downhearted after her loss.

"I think in Paris, when I sat here [to speak to the media], I was very emotional,” she told reporters.

"Now I don't feel anything. So, I guess I'd prefer to feel nothing than everything."

Osaka took a maternity break in 2023 and has struggled to find consistent form since her return.

She reached her first final since her return at the Auckland Open in January, though she retired through injury in the second set.

Osaka admitted she did feel closer to making a strong run at a grand slam, but was in no mood to find the silver lining after her defeat to Pavlyuchenkova.

"Yes, but honestly, right now I'm just really upset," she said.

"I'm just going to be a negative human being today. I'm so sorry. I have nothing positive to say about myself, which is something I'm working on.

"I feel like, while I still have the opportunity to try to [compete], I want to.

"Even though I get very upset when I lose, but I think that's my competitive nature."