Osaka wins first event in 4 years

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka claimed her first WTA title since triumphing at the 2021 Australian Open — and on her supposedly worst surface.

Osaka beat Kaja Juvan 6-1, 7-5 Sunday to win L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo — a WTA 125 tournament — and secure her first-ever trophy on clay.

It was also the Japanese player's first WTA title since she became a mother in July 2023, returning to tennis at the start of the following year.