Tennis: Naomi Osaka knocked out of Wimbledon in 1st round

Japan's Naomi Osaka crashed out of Wimbledon in the first round Monday with a 7-6(4), 6-2 straights-sets loss to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, suffering her second consecutive early exit from a Grand Slam.Despite grabbing an early break, world No. 2 Osaka lost serve in the sixth game and dropped the opening set in a tiebreaker as her errant shots piled up. Osaka committed 21 unforced errors in the set as compared to six from her opponent.Putintseva seized the first break of the second set, taking a 3-2 lead with a backhand winner that just barely clipped the line. Osaka failed to capitali…READ FULL ARTICLE