The 2019 title remains the winning chapter of Naomi Osaka’s Beijing story. In 2026, her run ended in the fourth round: according to api.tennis, she came through the second and third rounds, and those matches unfolded differently.
From three sets to a win without dropping a set
In the second round, Osaka faced Maria Timofeeva and won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. After taking the opening set, she dropped the next one, and in the decider she repeated the score of the first set. That was how her path to the third round of Beijing-2026 looked.
Against Sara Bejlek in the third round, Osaka did not need a deciding set: 7-6(4), 6-4. If the match with Timofeeva required a comeback after losing a set, here the key barrier was the tiebreak in the opening set. By winning it, Naomi closed out the match.
In the fourth round, Karolina Muchova stopped Osaka: 5-7, 6-1, 6-7(7). The most convincing set in terms of score in this match went to Naomi, but it was not enough for the overall victory. After the sets were split, the outcome was decided in the tiebreak of the final set.
Beijing in the context of the season
According to api.tennis, Osaka has 28 wins and 11 losses in the 2026 season, with no titles and no finals. The fourth round was her result both in Beijing and at the US Open; in Montreal she reached the quarterfinal, and in Washington the semifinal. This Beijing result does not stand out for the depth of her run among those performances, and the 2019 title remains a separate winning milestone in her tournament history.