Just after learning that she will again be atop of women’s tennis rankings, Naomi Osaka stepped on the court to face Serena Williams in the Rogers Cup quarterfinals and went down in straight sets to the player who has won the prestigious tournament three times, all three times when the event was played in Toronto.
The eighth-seeded Williams never even faced a break point in the highly-anticipated rematch of the 2018 US Open final and broke the second-seeded Osaka once in each set to secure the 6-3 6-4 victory.