AKARTA – Naomi Osaka resigned from the third round match of the 2025 Australian Open on Friday, January 17, 2025, due to injury after losing in the first set 6 (3)-7 to Belinda Bencic.
“I’m having difficulty overcoming (stomach aches) because it’s clear that my draw is quite difficult,” Osaka said, as quoted by WTA.
“However, we also did everything we could, like I went through therapy every day and things like that until very late at night. So the days feel very long for me. »
“Obviously after my last match the conditions got a lot worse. So, praise for him for being a very good opponent,” said the Japanese tennis player.
“But, yeah, I think, it’s just, I think, a little bit inevitable, but I think the competitive spirit in me just wants to see until the end. »
Osaka began the 2025 season by qualifying for the 2025 ASB Classic Finals in Auckland, New Zealand. There, Osaka won the first set over Clara Tauson before suddenly resigning due to a stomach injury.
Osaka was forced to resign from her last three tournaments, after ending the 2024 season at the China Open with a back injury against Coco Gaff.
Bencic, playing in his first Grand Slam since the birth of his daughter, lost in his first last-16 round of the main tournament since the 2023 U.S. Open.
oned for the first time since the 2022 Miami Open, Osaka went ahead 5-3 in the opening set as he began to change his serving motion to compensate for his discomfort.
Bencic terminated service and stopped before Osaka took a medical break to evaluate her injury. Bencic played a brief decision with discipline to make it 7-3 after 57 minutes.
Bencic, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist, played her third tournament since returning to competition in October 2024.
-After successfully completing a series of ITF events and the WTA 125 Finals in Angers, France, to end the year, he opened the 2025 season with the first WTA victory of his reappearance in the Representatives’ Cup.
castique: a week later in the last 16 at Adelaide International.
“If we don’t enter the United Cup as a Swiss team, I will even consider not playing here in Australia,” Bencic said.
“Because I think it was too early. However, I am happy that I could have come here,” he said.
Bencic, 27, will face world number three tennis player Coco Gaff in the fourth round. The Swiss star attempted to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinals since the 2021 U.S. Open.
ina: “Coco is clear, he is one of the best tennis players in the world today. I looked back to when I’ve only been lying on the couch for nine months.”
“Of course it’s about winning. This is why we are here. However, at the moment I still want the name of a test,” said the 27-year-old.
“I came here to see how it’s going to happen. Obviously I didn’t expect to be in the fourth round. »
“So I won’t change my expectations based on the results here,” Bencic said.
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