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For all the twists and turns in her year, the two-time champion in Queens has met all her challenges head on, with great equanimity and poise.
Published Aug 21, 2024
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![Osaka has played more tournaments this year than she did in many of her peak years. She has been thoughtful and frank, sometimes even jovial, while absorbing those mythic slings and arrows.](https://images.tennis.com/image/private/t_16-9_768/f_auto/tenniscom-prd/zosodxebjm8eiysutnv0.jpg)
Osaka has played more tournaments this year than she did in many of her peak years. She has been thoughtful and frank, sometimes even jovial, while absorbing those mythic slings and arrows.
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![“Honestly, I feel like even though in the beginning it was kind of like we were trading games,” said Osaka after her Wimbledon loss to Navarro, “I don’t know why, I didn’t feel fully confident in myself.”](https://images.tennis.com/image/private/t_16-9_768/f_auto/tenniscom-prd/m6smcbel5q3kmzrouja8.jpg)
“Honestly, I feel like even though in the beginning it was kind of like we were trading games,” said Osaka after her Wimbledon loss to Navarro, “I don’t know why, I didn’t feel fully confident in myself.”
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