Naomi Osaka says her Olympics loss ‘sucks more’ than most after failing to medal for host nation Japan

• Naomi Osaka suffered a shocking third-round loss in the Tokyo Olympics women's tennis tournament.
• The four-time Grand Slam champion fell in straight sets to Czech player Markéta Vondroušová.
• Osaka admitted that the loss "sucks more than the others" after representing host nation Japan.
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Naomi Osaka's Olympics fairytale has come to an end.

The international tennis superstar fell to Czech player Markéta Vondroušova in the third round of the Tokyo Olympics women's tennis tournament.

Osaka had been representing host nation Japan at the 2020 games, which undoubtedly contributed to her disappointment following the straight-set loss on Tuesday.

"I'm disappointed in every loss, but I feel like this one sucks more than the others," Osaka said, per the Associated Press.

"I'm not saying that I did bad right now, but I do know that my expectations were a lot higher," she added.

She wasn't alone in harboring sky-high expectations. All eyes were locked on Osaka as she sought to capture gold for the host country. She even had the massive honor of lighting the Olympic flame on Friday to official kick off the Olympics.

The weight of the world was seemingly on the 24-year-old's shoulders.

"I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this," Osaka admitted after the match. "I think it's maybe because I haven't played in the Olympics before and for the first year [it] was a bit much."

"I feel like my attitude wasn't that great because I don't really know how to cope with that pressure," she added. "So that's the best that I could have done in this situation."

Even her opponent recognized just how much that pressure likely impact the four-time Grand Slam champion.

Vondroušova - the 42nd-ranked player in the world - said she "cannot imagine" having to manage that level of expectations under the world's brightest lights.

"It's tough for her also playing in Japan and in the Olympics," Vondroušova said. "It's so much pressure."

Osaka will reconvene before presumably heading to New York to compete in next month's US Open. The hard hitter has seen great success in Flushing Meadows, winning two of her four career Grand Slam titles at the Big Apple-based event.

Vondroušova, meanwhile, will advance in the Olympics tournament, next taking the court on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET. She'll face Spaniard Paula Badosa in the quarterfinal.