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Top-Ranked Naomi Osaka Knocked Out of US Open, Loses to 13th Seed

Defending champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated in the fourth round with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.

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Naomi Osaka's 10-match US Open winning streak and title defence are done after she was outplayed in the fourth round by Belinda Bencic (BEN-chich) and lost 7-5, 6-4.

Osaka has been wearing a black sleeve on her bothersome left knee and was visited by a trainer after getting broken to trail 3-2 in the second set.

The result under the closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a rainy Monday means both defending champions and No. 1 seeds are gone before the quarterfinals at the year's last Grand Slam tournament.

Defending champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated in the fourth round with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.
Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, reacts after defeating Naomi Osaka, of Japan, 7-5, 6-4 during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships.
(Photo: AP)
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Novak Djokovic stopped playing in his fourth-round match against Stan Wawrinka on Sunday night because of a painful left shoulder.

Osaka made her breakthrough at Flushing Meadows a year ago, winning her first major championship by beating Serena Williams in a chaotic final that devolved after Williams got into an extended argument with the chair umpire.

Osaka followed that up with a second consecutive Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open in January. That allowed her to become the first tennis player representing Japan to reach No. 1 in the rankings.

The 13th-seeded Bencic, who is from Switzerland and has been mentored by Martina Hingis, showed again that she is a big-match player. She improved to 3-0 against Osaka this season and now has a tour-leading nine victories over top-10 opponents in 2019.

Bencic also is 4-1 over her career against top-ranked players.

(This article has been published in an arrangement with AP.)

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