Four-time Grand Slam tournament winner Naomi Osaka (57th WTA) returned to the game in January this year after a break caused by the birth of a child. The Japanese tennis player has since been, among others, in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha, or fought a phenomenal duel with Iga Świątek (2nd WTA) in the second round of Roland Garros, which she lost 6:7, 6:1, 5:7, although she was already leading 5:2 in the decisive set, and then she had the match ball. However, in none of the 18 tournaments in which the Japanese played this year did she advance to even the semi-finals.
A big blow to Naomi Osaka. She had to do it
The last time Naomi Osaka played was at the turn of September and October in a tournament in Beijing, where in the fourth round, due to an injury, she had to concede the match after two sets against Coco Gauff (3rd WTA) with the score 6:3, 4:6. “I am extremely grateful and happy to have played in Beijing. With that in mind, I feel I owe it to myself to set the record straight on today's story. I had a sore back at the last training session and honestly, I wasn't sure if I would be able to play at all, but I wanted to try. Unfortunately, the situation gradually worsened during the match,” he said. Osaka said on social media at the time.
Osaka has not appeared on the court since then. She withdrew from tournaments in Wuhan and Osaka. “It was worse than I thought. I'm doing everything I can to potentially perform in Tokyo, but I'm still waiting to hear what the doctor says,” Osaka wrote. In the next report, she showed that she was at the gym, giving a Dabout understanding that he is working to return to the court as soon as possible,” wrote Jakub Trochimowicz from Sport.pl a few days ago
However, a back injury meant that the Japanese decided to withdraw from the event again – this time from the WTA 500 in Tokyo. Osaka really wanted to play there, but in the end it won't happen.
– For all parties involved – the Japanese tennis star, the organizers and fans in Tokyo – this is a very big blow – writes “Tennisworldusa.org”.
Health problems of the world's top tennis players and too many matches are a big problem on the world tour. Iga Świątek also drew attention to this. – It's not our decision, but in my opinion we have too many tournaments in the season. This makes tennis less enjoyable for us – said the Pole before the start of this year's US Open.
This season, Osaka has a record of 23 wins and 18 losses.