Naomi Osaka Is Out at Australian Open

The unseeded American Amanda Anisimova eliminated the four-time Grand Slam champion, who expressed pride in her effort and said, “I can’t be sad about that.”

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam singles champion who nearly walked away from tennis last year, was eliminated from the Australian Open on Friday by the unseeded American Amanda Anisimova.

Anisimova prevailed in three tense sets, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-5), after saving two match points in the third set.

“Definitely I think I fought for every point and I can’t be sad about that,” Osaka said. “I’m not God. I can’t win every match. So I just have to, like, take that into account and know that it would be nice to win the tournament but that’s, like, really special.”