Naomi Osaka attends a Nets game after her Cordae breakup and Australian Open exit. She's not letting a breakup or loss hold her down.

Naomi Osaka ’s return to Grand Slam competition ended prematurely on Friday, as the two-time Australian Open champion was forced to retire from her third-round match against Belinda Bencic due to a strained abdominal muscle. Osaka had dropped the opening set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (3), before informing the chair umpire she could no longer continue.

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. “I kind of have a history of it,

Naomi Osaka's run at the 2025 Australian Open came to an end in the third round due to an injury. The two-time Aussie Open champ suffered a strained

Naomi Osaka revealed she has suffered abdominal problems since she was a teenager as the two-time champion was forced to pull out of the Australian Open. The former world No.1 retired in tears from the final of the Auckland Open with the stomach injury after winning the first set earlier this month.

Each of them had a mid-career encounter with the familiar warning, “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open ... Osaka was a set and 4-3 up on Gauff in Beijing when she injured her back, ultimately retiring after Gauff leveled the scores ...

A lingering abdominal injury first sidelined her in October at a Beijing tournament match against Coco Gauff. She reached the finals of the 2025 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand earlier this month, but retired during her match against Clara Tauson. Osaka says abdominal injuries are nothing new.

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus owns the longest Australian Open women's singles winning streak in more than a decade after advancing out of the third round on Friday in Melbourne. Sabalenka got past Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 6-4 in 2 hours, 6 minutes.

Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has stopped playing because of an injury after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because ... explaining that she got hurt at a tournament in Beijing, where she retired from a match ...

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,