Spain clinched its Fed Cup qualifying tie with Japan on Saturday when Carla Suarez Navarro faced 137th-ranked Kurumi Nara instead of world No. 10 Naomi Osaka and won in straight sets to lift the hosts to their third straight win in the best-of-five fixture. Suarez ...
Kurumi Nara made an early exit from the French Open on Sunday, losing in three sets to Barbora Strycova. The Czech, ranked 26th in the world and the 26th seed at Roland Garros, beat Nara 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours, 28 minutes. Nara, ranked ...
World No. 22 Naomi Osaka defeated Heather Watson in straight sets Saturday before Kurumi Nara lost her match, giving Japan a 1-1 tie with Britain in their Fed Cup World Group 2 playoff. Osaka beat the 77th-ranked Watson 6-2, 6-3 in Japan's opening rubber at ...
Local favorite Kurumi Nara's hopes of reaching the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open were shattered on Thursday with a straight sets defeat to China's Wang Qiang. World No. 57 Wang broke 108th-ranked Nara five times in a dominant display en route to a 6-2, ...
Osaka vows to change childish ways after latest setback
Teenage hotshot Naomi Osaka was her own worst critic after a shock early exit at the Japan Women's Open on Wednesday, and admitted she had to change her "childish" ways ahead of another event in Tokyo next week at the Pan Pacific Open. Osaka, at ...
Kurumi Nara claimed local bragging rights with a stunning 6-3, 6-0 win over rising star Naomi Osaka on Wednesday to reach the second round of the Japan Women's Open. Nara, ranked 108th in the world, romped past the 46th-ranked Osaka in 70 minutes to book ...
Date, Krunic to square off in opening round of Japan Women's Open
Kimiko Date will play 78th-ranked Serbian Aleksandra Krunic in the first round of the Japan Women's Open. The draw was announced on Saturday. Wild card Date, who is retiring for a second time after the Sept. 11-17 event at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park, will be ...
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams advanced to the French Open's third round for the first time in two years by beating Kurumi Nara on Wednesday. In the day's first match on Court Philippe Chatrier, the 36-year-old Williams, ranked 11th in the world, knocked out ...
Kurumi Nara eased past Tamira Paszek of Austria 6-2, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Japan Women's Open. Nara, ranked 81st in the world, had lost twice to her 105-ranked opponent this year but leveled their career head-to-head at 2-2 with a ...
Kurumi Nara crashed out of the Malaysian Open on Wednesday, falling 6-1, 6-2 to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard. Bouchard, ranked 52nd in the world and seeded sixth in Kuala Lumpur, served up five aces and never faced a break point against Nara, who is ranked 82nd. In ...
Misaki Doi reached the semifinals of the Taiwan Open after winning her quarterfinal against compatriot Kurumi Nara in a walkover. Doi, ranked 61st in the world and the second seed at the Yang-Ming Tennis Center will play Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei in the semifinals. The winner ...
Kurumi Nara earned a spot in the second round at the Taiwan Open on Tuesday, while a pair of compatriots made early exits in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Nara, ranked 89th in the world, dispatched 94th-ranked Wang Qiang of China 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour. ...
