"It was a bit much" - Osaka admits to not coping with Olympic Games pressure after Vondrousova loss

Naomi Osaka admitted that she struggled with the pressure of carrying Japan's hopes in her home Olympics after losing in straight sets to former French Open finalist, Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-4.

Osaka lit the Olympic flame to symbolise the hope in which her country had instilled in her but in her post match press conference, she called it a 'bit much' for her first Olympics and that is where the struggles may have occurred.

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“I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this. I think it’s maybe because I haven’t played in the Olympics before and for the first year (it) was a bit much. I think I’m glad with how I played, with taking that break that I had.

“I’ve taken long breaks before and I’ve managed to do well. I’m not saying that I did bad right now, but I do know that my expectations were a lot higher.

“I feel like my attitude wasn’t that great because I don’t really know how to cope with that pressure so that’s the best that I could have done in this situation.”

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