Naomi Osaka Has 'Nothing Positive to Say' After Wimbledon Loss to Pavlyuchenkova

Naomi Osaka said she had “nothing positive to say” following her third-round loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.

Despite opening the tournament with back-to-back straight-set victories, Osaka offered a candid apology after her early exit, expressing frustration and disappointment in her performance.

“I’m just gonna be a negative human being [Friday],” Osaka told reporters. “I’m so sorry. I have nothing positive to say about myself, which is something I’m working on. It was my daughter’s birthday, so I was happy about that this week. Other than that, today, I’m just constantly replaying the match now.”

The 27-year-old won the opening set 6-3 but faltered in the final two, dropping the last two games of the third set to suffer a disappointing exit.

Osaka, who captured her first title in nearly four years at the L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo in May, couldn’t carry that momentum into Wimbledon, falling short in the Round of 32 on Friday.