Jan 17, 2025 · MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic on Friday. “I kind of have a history of it, since I was a teenager. At least once a year, I’d get an ab strain.

Jan 17, 2025 · Naomi Osaka explained why she retired from her match at the Australian Open and how her abdominal injury keeps recurring.

Jan 17, 2025 · Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has ended her Australian Open run after being forced to retire due to injury following a tough tie-break. The grand slam champion looked visibly distressed in the final stages of the first set while playing against Belinda Bencic at …

Jan 17, 2025 · Naomi Osaka retired from her Australian Open third round match on Friday. The Japanese tennis star had just lost the opening set to Belinda Bencic via a tiebreak (7-3) before pulling the plug....

Jan 17, 2025 · Two-time champion Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open after she was forced to retire injured from her third-round match against Belinda Bencic. Japan's Osaka was playing in the third round...

Jan 17, 2025 · Naomi Osaka out of Australian Open after retiring from match with injury (1:55) Naomi Osaka retires from her match against Belinda Bencic with an apparent injury, ending her run at the 2025 ...

Jan 15, 2024 · Naomi Osaka’s comeback to Grand Slam tennis after a 15-month break has ended in a 6-4, 7-6 (2) loss to 16th-seeded Caroline Garcia in the first round at the Australian Open.

Jan 18, 2025 · MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in, she sailed a forehand service return well long and, just like that, trailed 5-0. Osaka strode to the sideline for the changeover, plopped ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Osaka got the decisive break points in the fifth game with a one-two punch from the title-winning years: a ripped cross-court forehand and then a backhand pass down the line.

Jan 6, 2025 · Naomi Osaka has suffered an injury scare ahead of the Australian Open later this month after retiring from the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland with an abdominal issue. Osaka won the first set ...