At a time when it looked like Naomi Osaka was back to her best, she suffered a heartbreaking setback just days before the US Open. The 4-time Grand Slam champion went down fighting against Canada’s Victoria Mboko in three sets in the final of the Canadian Open. Despite making a bright start to the match and winning the first set comfortably 6-2, Osaka couldn’t sustain Mboko’s comeback spirit as the home crowd erupted in celebration. After the match, Osaka’s behavior came into the limelight, and Coco Gauff’s ex-coach pointed it out on social media.

Following the match, Osaka had a hasty post-match interview on the court and even failed to acknowledge her opponent’s efforts after Mboko had won the biggest title of her career. “I don’t really wanna take up too much time. I’ll just say t

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