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Naomi Osaka’s grand slam return ends in straight-sets loss to Caroline Garcia
The former World No.1 was beaten in Monday night's opening round of the Australian Open by No.16 seed Caroline Garcia of France, 6-4, 7-6(2).
Although this is the first time Osaka has lost an opening-round match in Melbourne, it was against an in-form Garcia, whose magnificent serving neutralised Osaka's own crisp hitting and the Frenchwoman did not face a break point all match.
Garcia punished Osaka's errors to break in the fifth game of the opening set and then, after an evenly …