Naomi Osaka dazzled with an all-gold outfit but had ​to dig deep for a hard-fought ‌7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-4 victory over American ​teenager Iva Jovic on Saturday ⁠to reach her first-ever French Open fourth round.

Playing in a gold sequined top ‌and skirt — her latest fashion statement in Paris — Osaka found ‌it hard going from the ‌start, ⁠with the American teenager dulling ⁠her opponent’s sparkle in her first Grand Slam third-round appearance.

The 18-year-old Jovic may have ​found herself in ‌unknown tournament territory but looked completely at ease on Court Suzanne Lenglen as she pushed the former world ‌number one to a first-set ​tiebreak.

Osaka, seeded 16th, had wasted two set points at ⁠6-5 and needed three more before subduing the American 7-5 in the tiebreak.

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It was a similar story in the second set, with a break apiece and Jovic winning the second tiebreak to level.

The third set was again on a razor’s ‌edge, with Jovic refusing to buckle and ​matching Osaka’s power blow for blow. But the Japanese carved out ⁠a match point at 5-4 on the ⁠American’s serve and converted it to move into the next ‌round.

She will now play either top seed Aryna Sabalenka or ​Australian Daria Kasatkina.

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Published on May 30, 2026