The Spaniard, who defeated her Ukrainian rival in the 3rd round of Melbourne, spoke about the moment in which she (maybe) railed against her boyfriend

Naomi Osaka ’s return to Grand Slam competition ended prematurely on Friday, as the two-time Australian Open champion was forced to retire from her third-round match against Belinda Bencic due to a strained abdominal muscle. Osaka had dropped the opening set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (3), before informing the chair umpire she could no longer continue.

Naomi Osaka's run at the 2025 Australian Open came to an end in the third round due to an injury. The two-time Aussie Open champ suffered a strained

Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open after she was forced to retire injured from her third-round match against Belinda Bencic.

A four-time Grand Slam champion, Osaka returned from maternity leave last year and lost in the first or second round of all four major tournaments. The 27-year-old Japan native has not won any event on the WTA Tour since capturing her second Australian Open title to start 2021.

Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Coco Gauff, and Aryna Sabalenka all advanced, while two-time champion Naomi Osaka retired ... on to face 11th seed Paula Badosa, with both women ...

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus owns the longest Australian Open women's singles winning streak in more than a decade after advancing out of the third round on Friday in Melbourne. Sabalenka got past Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 6-4 in 2 hours, 6 minutes.

Naomi Osaka and Belinda Bencic will square off for the sixth time in the 2025 Australian Open third round. Bencic leads the head-to-head 3-2, winning in the 2019 Indian Wells fourth round, 2019 Madrid quarterfinals and 2019 US Open fourth round ...

Aryna Sabalenka has moved one win away from becoming the first woman since 1999 to win three consecutive Australian Open titles.

Coco Gauff recently unveiled the mastermind behind a hilarious dance video in which she performs in a group. Amid a fun session during which she remembered past showdowns against Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka, the young American was asked to comment on the video, in which she can be seen shaking a leg with the WTA tennis legend herself.

Sabalenka bids to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis from 1997-99. The Belarusian has won her last 20 matches in hard-court Slams (Australian Open and U.S. Open) dating to the start of 2024.