Star player Naomi Osaka opts out of Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 19, 2022, 06:12 PM ISTShe missed Wimbledon a year ago as part of a mental health break she took after pulling out of the French Open before her second-round match.
She missed Wimbledon a year ago as part of a mental health break she took after pulling out of the French Open before her second-round match.
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"I had a lot of fun playing here in Melbourne. Unfortunately, I have an abdominal injury which I need to rest and prepare for the Australian Open," Osaka said in a statement issued by Tennis Australia.
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Naomi, 23, dropped from 7 to 12th position, ending her streak of 140 consecutive weeks in the Top 10, a streak that started on September 17, 2018.
Osaka conceded a defeat against Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez, who came up with an inspired performance on Friday evening to win 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4.
Osaka's title defense at the U.S. Open was over in the third round with a 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-4 loss Friday night to Leylah Fernandez, an 18-year-old from Canada
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Osaka had been scheduled to face Olga Danilovic of Serbia in the first match of the day at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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Medvedev, the 2019 champion and last year’s runner-up to Novak Djokovic, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Grigor Dimitrov.
Down a set and a break to 17-year-old Coco Gauff, the second-ranked Osaka fought back to pull out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Naomi Osaka struggled to hold back tears in her first press conference since pulling out from the French Open over mental health concerns.
The disappointment came just four days after Osaka left the nation teary-eyed by running up a Mount Fuji-like set at the National Stadium and lighting the Olympic cauldron with her torch to open the Olympics.
The second-ranked Osaka, who was born in Japan and grew up in the United States, struggled with her usually reliable groundstrokes.
The host country’s superstar stepped up her game when she needed to in a 6-3, 6-2 win over 49th-ranked Viktorija Golubic.
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