4-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka on Monday pulled out of her residence Japan Open subsequent week due to an damage that brought on her to retire from the China Open in Beijing.
“Attributable to damage, Naomi Osaka won’t take part” within the WTA 250 match within the metropolis of Osaka from October 14-20, the Japan Tennis Affiliation mentioned in a press release.
The 26-year-old former world primary regarded in good contact as she recorded three wins on the China Open in Beijing final week.
However in her last-16 match, in opposition to eventual champion Coco Gauff, Osaka retired on the finish of the second set due to a again damage.
“So I locked my again up throughout follow earlier and actually wasn’t certain if I might even play however I simply wished to strive,” she mentioned on social media.
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“Sadly issues simply received progressively worse through the match.”
Osaka’s final WTA match look in her residence nation was a fleeting one, two years in the past on the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
She received a first-round match after one sport when opponent Daria Saville retired.
Osaka then withdrew with belly pains earlier than her second-round match.
It was her final match earlier than taking go away to offer beginning to her daughter Shai in July 2023.
Osaka returned to the tour in January this yr however has struggled to recapture the shape that noticed her win two Australian and two US Opens between 2018 and 2021.