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 15, 2024 · MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Moments after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss, Naomi Osaka walked back through the players’ tunnel where her name has a prominent place among recent Australian Open champions.

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.

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...

Jan 15, 2025 · A four-time Grand Slam winner with two of those titles coming here, the 51st-ranked Osaka was overpowered by her 20th-ranked opponent in the first set at Melbourne Park, where she dropped the opening five games.

Jan 15, 2025 · MELBOURNE–Naomi Osaka said she was enjoying a little bit of revenge against Karolina Muchova at the Australian Open 2025 on Wednesday, recalling how the Czech had ended her U.S. Open campaign last year when she was sporting her “best outfit ever”.

Jan 10, 2024 · The first 15-day Australian Open, set to start Sunday morning (Saturday night in the U.S. ET), has been hyped as the tournament of comebacks. And Osaka has top billing among the three former No. 1-ranked, former Australian Open champions returning to Melbourne Park for their first time as moms.

Jan 15, 2025 · Naomi Osaka claimed a brilliant comeback win over Karolina Muchova to progress into round three at the Australian Open. (Full Coverage | More Tennis News) Muchova took the first set with ease,...

Jan 10, 2025 · Osaka, the 2019 and 2021 Melbourne Park champion, was in tears on Sunday after the injury forced to quit her first WTA Tour final in almost three years. The Japanese player was leading Clara...

Jan 15, 2025 · Having struggled in grand slams in recent years, the former world number one has won more main-draw matches in her career (26) at Melbourne Park. Osaka's triumph over Muchova will now see her...