"Get well soon, mama," wrote Bencic. When Osaka struggled to lift her arm during the match, it became clear that she was struggling with another abdominal injury. It all began last Fall during her ...

Bencic took the first set in a tiebreak 7-6(3) before Japan's Osaka, who had also pulled out of the Auckland final earlier this month due to an abdominal injury, withdrew from the contest.

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.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 17: Naomi Osaka of Japan walks off the court after retiring with injury from playing against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the third round on Day 6 of the 2025 ...

Belinda Bencic defeated Marketa Vondrousova in the Mubadala Open quarterfinals to reach her first tour-level semifinal since April 2023, while Ashlyn Krueger survived Leylah Fernandez's hot shots to ...

Bencic took the first set in a tiebreak 7-6(3) before Japan's Osaka, who had also pulled out of the Auckland final earlier this month due to an abdominal injury, withdrew from the contest.

Osaka began 2025 by making it to the final of a tournament at Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan. 5, but she stopped playing in the title match there because of the abdominal injury. Then, she said ...

Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has stopped playing because of an injury after dropping the opening set of her ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of an injury after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic on Friday.