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Osaka seeks to break Sabalenka spell as Wimbledon's fourth round begins
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Osaka seeks to break Sabalenka spell as Wimbledon's fourth round begins
LONDON, July 4 : Wimbledon's fourth round begins on Sunday with women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka taking on Naomi Osaka, while men's top seed Jannik Sinner goes up against high-flying Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki.TOP WOMEN'S MATCH: NAOMI OSAKA V ARYNA SABALENKAJapan's Osaka will be hoping it will be fourth time lucky when she faces Sabalenka, having lost all three of their meetings this year - at Indian Wells, Madrid and the French Open.Prior to 2026, the pair had not crossed paths for over seven years, with Osaka winning their first-ever clash en route to her maiden Grand Slam triumph at the U.S. Open in 2018. "She's the number one player in the world. If there is someone I had to lose to, I would pick that ranking position," the world number 14 told reporters."If anything
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