Japanese interest in the women's singles draw ended Friday as Naomi Osaka was knocked out in the third round by American five-time champion Venus Williams.Osaka put up a fight in her first meeting with her childhood idol but Williams drew from all her years of experience to edge past the plucky 19-year-old 7-6(3), 6-4.Williams capitalized of a number of Osaka's unforced errors to score an early break, but Osaka stormed back from 4-1 down to level the match and force a tiebreaker.Osaka then raced into a 3-0 lead in the tiebreaker, but Williams held her nerve to reel off the next seven points…READ FULL ARTICLE
