Naomi o Saka bursts into tears after Sensational upset at US Open Naomi oaka was in floods of Tears as she stunned world number ten Elena ostapenko in the first round of the US Open the two-time former Champion was making her return to Flushing Meadows after 2 years and she made a statement earning her first top 10 victories since 2020 there were plenty of question marks surrounding Osaka ahead of the US Open she ousted on jabber in Canada but lost in the second round and failed to qualify for the Cincinnati open Danielle Collins Outburst spoke volumes before US Open Heart Take retiring US Open Star storms off Court After Shock exit and snubs farewell ceremony the former world number one faced a blockbuster match in her US Open return drawing ostapenko in the first round taking to the court in a neon outfit adorned with bows previously proclaiming it her best outfit ever she made light work of the 200 8 French Open champion and needed just over an hour to see a 6 to 36 to2 Victory after shaking hands with her opponent Osaka started crying when she waved to the crowd and soaked up the atmosphere the 26-year-old returned to her bench and continued sobbing covering her face with a towel the tears continued to fall as she stepped up for her onc Court interview with Pam Shriver and Osaka revealed that she almost cried when she walked out onto Louis Armstrong's Stadium I was trying not to cry when I was walking out too Osaka started giggling as she said hi to the fans I remember last year I was watching Coco golf play and I so badly wanted to step on these courts again and I didn't know if I could I didn't know athletically physically if I was able to just to win this match and just to be in this atmosphere means so much to me so thank you Osaka saved two break points as she served for the win and needed three match points to get the job done afterward she said I mean it was stressful she was hitting some really good shots and I just told myself like keep going keep fighting for every point and maybe you'll have an opportunity eventually I did but then I looked up and then I saw so many faces so I was like wo Osaka missed last year's Us open after giving birth to her first child in July 2023 and she shared a hilarious anecdote about one-year-old Shai after upsetting ostapenko last night my daughter didn't want to go to sleep on her bedtime so I had to hold her for quite a while and I was like oh wow she really picked the perfect day not to go to sleep she laughed but yeah I mean I don't know moments like that are so precious to me and I can only hope that I can keep having more it's her first top 10 wins since January 2020 when she beat Kiki Burton in Brisbane Burton has since retired and given birth to two of her own children Osaka will now face kolina machova Babu do news