Osaka’s clay-court season starts with a loss in 1st round of Madrid Open

MADRID AP Naomi Osaka s clay-court season started with a loss in the first round of the Madrid Open against Lucia Bronzetti on Tuesday Japan s four-time Grand Slam champion stumbled on match point as Bronzetti completed a - - - win before checking Osaka was OK as they approached the net for a post-match handshake The th-ranked Osaka was unseeded in Madrid for her first match in almost a month since reaching the fourth round of the Miami Open Italy s Bronzetti will play fifth-seeded American Madison Keys in the second round Alexandra Eala will get a rematch with Iga Swiatek in the second round in Madrid after stunning the Polish athlete as a wild card in Miami last month The -year-old Eala won her first-round match - - against Viktoriya Tomova Caroline Dolehide of the U S won - - against Elina Avanesyan to set up a second-round meeting with Liudmila Samsonova AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source