US Open 2025: Team Yonex Athletes Shine on the Grand Stage

New York City, UNITED STATES – Power. Style. History. Team Yonex athletes produced some exceptional tennis at the US Open, with Naomi Osaka (JPN) and Jessica Pegula (USA) reaching the semi-finals of the women’s singles while men’s wheelchair star Tokito Oda (JPN) completed the Career Golden Slam.

Osaka, a former US Open champion who was playing with an EZONE 98 racquet, appeared in her first Grand Slam semi-final since 2021. Pegula, who also plays with an EZONE 98 racquet, and who was a finalist at last season’s US Open, made the last four on the hard courts of New York City for the second year in a row. After Belinda Bencic (SUI) made the semi-finals of Wimbledon, this marks the second consecutive Grand Slam in which a Team Yonex athlete, having become a mother and returned to the court, has advanced to the Grand Slam semifinals. (At Wimbledon 2025, Belinda. Bencic(SUI) reached the semifinals.

Just 19 years old, Oda became the youngest man in wheelchair tennis history to achieve the Career Golden Slam – winning all four majors and the Paralympics gold medal – when he took his first men’s wheelchair singles title at the US Open. On a day that was loaded with drama and emotion, the Japanese saved four match points in a final-set tiebreak for a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(11) victory over fellow Yonex player Gustavo Fernandez (ARG).

In a remarkable run in the girls’ singles, Team Yonex’s Lea Nilsson (SWE) came through the qualifying rounds to reach the final.