Olympics 2021: Naomi Osaka’s Olympics Run Is Over

Naomi Osaka’s Olympics run is officially over as the string of upsets in the Olympics 2021 in Tokyo continues. 

The tennis star, who is currently ranked number two in the world, lost in the third round of Olympic play to Marketa Vondrousova. It’s the latest in a string of tennis shake-ups—the number-one-ranked player, Australian Ash Barty, lost in the first round, and the number-three player, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, is also out. 

Osaka has in many ways been the face of the Tokyo Olympics. Competing as an athlete for her home country of Japan, she lit the Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony. But more than that, Osaka has been an outspoken activist in the months leading up to the Games, an exemplar of the way so many women athletes are using their platforms. 

Osaka notably withdrew from the Grand Slam competitions leading up to the Olympics, taking a stand to protect her mental health. “The truth is I have suffered long bouts of depression since the U.S. Open in 2018 and I’ve had a really hard time coping with that,” she wrote on Instagram, adding that she would be taking some time away from the court.

Naomi Osaka’s Olympics run isn’t the only one that hasn’t gone as expected. The USWNT, which was on a 44-game winning streak, lost to Sweden in its first Olympic match (although the team will still advance to the quarter finals). And the news of Osaka’s ouster came just hours before the news that Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s team competition citing a “medical issue.” (It is yet to be determined if she will compete in any individual events.) 

Originally Appeared on Glamour