1 Naomi Osaka has reached her first quarterfinal in almost two years, after her opponent Lesia Tsurenko withdrew with an elbow injury at the Qatar Open. Osaka, who is currently ranked No.747, is the second lowest-ranked woman to reach a WTA 1000 quarterfinal, according to the WTA. Osaka has reflected on how becoming a mother has affected her attitude towards tennis, saying "It feels like I'm starting new." Robert Prange/Getty ImagesThis will be Osaka’s WTA Tour quarterfinal since she reached the Miami Open final in March of 2022, where she lost out to Iga Swiatek. “So just knowing like, I don’t have time to spend on distractions, or just things that aren’t worth my time.”“It feels like I’m starting new.

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Persons: Naomi Osaka, Lesia Tsurenko, Osaka, Cordea, “, Caroline Garcia, Petra ­, Robert Prange, CNN’s Becky Anderson, I’m, Karolina Pliskova Organizations: CNN, Former, Qatar, WTA, Miami, ” Locations: Osaka, Iga, “, ” Osaka