Naomi Osakatwo-time Australian Open champion, He stopped playing on Friday because of stomach pain after losing the first set of her third round match against Belinda Bencic. “Since I was a teenager, I had these kinds of problems. I have stomach distension at least once a year..
For me, I want to say that It’s more because of the way my serve is, it’s a bit explosive» Said Osaka, explaining that he was injured in a tournament in Beijing, where he withdrew from a match against Coco Gauff on October 1.
“Unfortunately, extended until the beginning of this season». This is Osaka’s first participation in the third round of a major tournament since 2022. She missed time in recent seasons due to mental health issues, and then was off the tour while pregnant.. Their daughter, Shai, was born in July 2023.
Osaka started 2025 by reaching the final of a tournament in AucklandNew Zealand, on January 5, but stopped playing in the title match there due to a stomach injury. Then, she said, the problem “got even worse” after her second-round victory in Melbourne on Wednesday over 2023 French Open finalist Karolina Muchova.
«It is, I think, somewhat inevitable, but I think the competitor in me wants to go all the way.“said Osaka. «I hope I can recover in time», he added, before the circuit heads to Indian Wells and Miami in March. On Friday, Osaka, former world number 1 and holder of a total of four Grand Slam titles, received a visit from a coach during a change of match, when she was leading 6-5. The coach checked on Osaka to see if she was okay.
The coach checked Osaka’s stomach and gave her a pill, and the game continued.. Before the tiebreaker began, Osaka came to her coach’s box and chatted briefly with Patrick Mouratoglou.
After Bencic took the set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (3), winning four of the last five points thanks to Osaka’s unforced errors, The chair umpire announced the match was over after 57 minutes, “due to an injury.”. The two players hugged on the sideline and Osaka left the court. He won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021, and the US Open in 2018 and 2020.
«I hope he gets well soon and can play the rest of the season.“, said Bencicwho won the individual gold medal for Switzerland at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, who is also a mother, drew a heart on the lens of a courtside television camera and wrote: “Get well soon mom.”
Next up for Bencic is a fourth round matchup against the 2023 US Open champion Coco Gauff or the runner-up of the 2021 US Open Leylah Fernandezwho were scheduled to face each other on Friday night.
«I’ll take a look if I can“, said Bencic“but I think I’ll do my cooling off and try to focus on my recovery.”.
Bencicwho returned to action in October after her first child, have not gone beyond the fourth round in 11 previous appearances at Melbourne Park. She lost in that round a year ago to two-time champion Aryna Sabalenka. Howard Fendrich has been an AP tennis writer since 2002.
Source: La Verdad
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