Six of Osaka's last seven defeats have been in three sets, with the four-time Grand Slam champion closer than ever to a return to form.

Mouratoglou was impressed by her ability to raise her level throughout, hold her serve and handle the break points. She lost 6-4, 6-4 in her match the next day against fifth-seeded Emma Navarro, but the team still deemed the week a success. And most importantly, Osaka did too.

Naomi Osaka was left in tears after her painful Wimbledon defeat to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, with the American-Japanese star unable to hold back the tears in her post-match press conference