Naomi Osaka's Australian Open campaign ended prematurely on Friday after she was forced to retire from her third-round match against Belinda Bencic due to a strained abdominal muscle. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, has a history of ab strains, and this injury, which flared up during a tournament in Beijing last October, worsened after her second-round win in Melbourne. Despite receiving treatment from a trainer during the match, Osaka was unable to continue after losing the first set to Bencic in a tiebreaker.
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.
“It was, I guess, a little inevitable, but I think the competitor in me just wanted to see it through to the end,” Osaka said. “I just hope that I can figure it out and figure out how to get healthy in time” before the tour heads to events at Indian Wells and Miami in March, she added.On Friday, Osaka — a former No. 1-ranked player who owns a total of four Grand Slam titles — was visited by a trainer during the changeover while she led 6-5.
The two players hugged on the sideline, and Osaka left the court. She won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021, and the U.S. Open in 2018 and 2020.
NAOMI OSAKA AUSTRALIAN OPEN ABDOMINAL INJURY RETIREMENT BELINDA BENCIC
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