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<p>Naomi Osaka's bid to win a third Grand Slam title came to a premature end on Monday when she lost to Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in the first round.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The 21-year-old Japanese said she had felt a weight lifted from her after losing her number one world ranking but it did not show against a talented opponent on Centre Court.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Indeed Putintseva simply franked the form from the recent Birmingham tournament where she had beaten the US Open and Australian Open champion in the second round.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The biggest win of her career" 👏<a href="https://twitter.com/PutintsevaYulia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PutintsevaYulia</a> upsets world No.2 Naomi Osaka 7-6(4), 6-2 on Centre Court to book her second round spot <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wimbledon</a> <a href="https://t.co/PQQYpFsQqu">pic.twitter.com/PQQYpFsQqu</a></p>
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1145726694755635200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Match Stats:</strong></p>

<p>Putintseva 2-Osaka</p>

<p>Aces 3 3<br />
Double faults 3 1<br />
Breakpoints won 3/7 1/4<br />
Net points won 1/3 13/20<br />
Winners 15 34<br />
Unforced errors 7 38<br />
Total points won 74 67<br />
Match duration: one hour and 35 minutes</p>


<p>Naomi Osaka's bid to win a third Grand Slam title came to a premature end on Monday when she lost to Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in the first round. </p>

<p>The 21-year-old Japanese said she had felt a weight lifted from her after losing her number one world ranking but it did not show against a talented opponent on Centre Court. </p>

<p>Indeed Putintseva simply franked the form from the recent Birmingham tournament where she had beaten the US Open and Australian Open champion in the second round. </p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en">"The biggest win of her career" 👏<a href="https://twitter.com/PutintsevaYulia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PutintsevaYulia</a> upsets world No.2 Naomi Osaka 7-6(4), 6-2 on Centre Court to book her second round spot <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wimbledon</a> <a href="https://t.co/PQQYpFsQqu">pic.twitter.com/PQQYpFsQqu</a></p>
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1145726694755635200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Match Stats:</strong></p>

<p>Putintseva 2-Osaka</p>

<p>Aces 3 3<br />
Double faults 3 1<br />
Breakpoints won 3/7 1/4<br />
Net points won 1/3 13/20<br />
Winners 15 34<br />
Unforced errors 7 38<br />
Total points won 74 67<br />
Match duration: one hour and 35 minutes</p>

Second seed Naomi Osaka crashes out in first round of Wimbledon

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