Australia — 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.

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.

Naomi Osaka retired from her Australian Open third round match on Friday. The Japanese tennis star had just lost the opening ...

Belinda Bencic made a heartfelt gesture after Naomi Osaka retired midway from her Round 3 match of the women's singles on Friday, January 17 at the Australian Open 2024. After losing the first set ...

Belinda Bencic progressed to the fourth round of the 2025 Australian Open after Naomi Osaka was forced to retire mid match ...

Naomi Osaka suffered a disappointing end to what has been an encouraging Australian Open, as she retired with an abdominal injury after losing the first set against Belinda Bencic. The Japanese ...

Belinda Bencic has withdrawn from the French Open ... She also defeated Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko and Naomi Osaka at January’s Australian Open, before losing to Coco Gauff; Bencic ...

For Naomi Osaka, it’s Roland Garros ... She was 20 when she toppled Williams at the 2018 U.S. Open. Belinda Bencic and Jelena Ostapenko, who were also born in 1997, had been ahead of her.