Naomi Osaka has ended her season after suffering an injuryannounced Monday the organizers of the WTA 250 tournament in Hong Kong (October 28-November 3), where she planned to participate.
The Japanese, four-time Grand Slam winner and former world number 1, “was forced to withdraw” from the Asian tournament “due to an injury, which unfortunately ended his 2024 season”organizers are indicated in X.
An MRI performed in Beijing revealed a “tearing of the abdominal musclesas the world number 56 declared to Kyodo agency.
Osaka, 27, was forced to withdraw from the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing in early October due to back pain.
He had to withdraw from the Tokyo tournamentwhich started on Monday, and will therefore miss the BJK Cup (November 13-20) in Malaga, where he will represent Japan at the end of his season.
“I’ve played a lot of tournaments this year, so I’m not playing (in Hong Kong) and Obviously not playing in the BJK Cup was a very difficult decision to makeOsaka declared.
Osaka, two-time winner of the Australian Open and US Open, She returned to the professional circuit in January, after a break of more than a year during which she gave birth to her daughter.
Since his return, He has never made it past the quarterfinals in any of the tournaments he has played.
Source: La Verdad
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