Hampered by knee, 2018 champ Osaka loses to Bencic at US Open

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By HOWARD FENDRICH | AP

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Tue, 2019-09-03 03:05

NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka’s achy left knee didn’t let her serve without pain, so she didn’t practice that key part of her game leading into the US Open. The knee also prevented her from covering the court and preparing for shots the way she’d like.
Those weren’t the only reasons that the No. 1-seeded Osaka’s 10-match winning streak at the US Open and title defense ended Monday in the fourth round. Belinda Bencic’s clean, crisp strokes, struck with the ball still on the rise, contributed plenty to the outcome, too.

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