Bad Homburg Open: First win on grass for Osaka in 2025

Japanese wildcard Naomi Osaka won against Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) to reach the second round of the Bad Homburg Open at the Bad Homburg vor der Höhe on Monday afternoon.

“It’s my first grass-court win of the year, so I’m really excited about that,” Osaka said on court, after the match.

“I think I have potential [on grass], but everyone else is also really good,” the main-draw wild card continued. “I can never take it for granted, the wins. Just super excited that I won today.”

Osaka, ranked No 56, will play American Emma Navarro, the No 5 seed, on Tuesday. The 4-Slam winner lost her first round in Berlin last week.

Bad Homburg WTA 500, other first-round results (Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, grass, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):

• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Laura Siegemund: monday
• Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (LL): 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Donna Vekic beat Diana Shnaider (6): 6-3, 6-3
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (8) beat Belinda Bencic: 6-1, 6-2
• Linda Noskova beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Clara Tauson beat Magdalena Frech: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (7) beat Elise Mertens: 7-5, 6-4
• Leylah Fernandez beat Tatjana Maria (WC): 6-0, 7-6 (1)
• Emma Navarro beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari (WC) beat Yulia Putintseva: 7-5, 7-6 (6)