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Naomi Osaka made a winning return to Wimbledon on Monday with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 opening-round victory over Diane Parry of France. Contesting the tournament for the first time since 2019, the four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan had to dig deep to overcome her 53rd-ranked opponent in 1 hour, 32 minutes. Osaka was down a break on two occasions in the third set but clawed her way to a 5-4 lead before Parry conceded match point with her third double fault of the decisive game. The former world No. 1 said it “feels like a dream” to be back at the grass-court major but admitted the match had its s…

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