{"id":426995,"date":"2026-01-24T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426995\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:14:07","slug":"naomi-osaka-drops-out-of-australian-open-with-undisclosed-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426995\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka drops out of Australian Open with undisclosed injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis, ending a campaign noted for fashion and friction.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Australian Open champion announced it on social media without divulging her injury, posting on Instagram that she had to withdraw \u201cto address something my body needs attention for after my last match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so excited to keep going and this run meant the most to me, so having to stop here breaks my heart,\u201d Osaka posted. \u201cBut I can\u2019t risk doing any further damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54216867;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38273692\" width=\"910\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Naomi-Osaka.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi Osaka, hitting a forehand during her second-round win, had to withdraw before her third round match at the Australian Open because of an undisclosed injury.\" class=\"wp-image-38273692\"  \/>Naomi Osaka, hitting a forehand during her second-round win, had to withdraw before her third round match at the Australian Open because of an undisclosed injury. Mike Frey-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Osaka\u2019s grand entrance to the tournament earlier this week went viral, when she walked onto the court for her first-round match <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/20\/sports\/naomi-osaka-turns-heads-at-australian-open-with-jellyfish-inspired-look\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wearing a wide-brim hat, a veil and holding a white parasol<\/a> \u2014 a design she said her clothing sponsor, Nike, let her create.<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, Osaka fended off Sorana Cirstea in a tense 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win at Margaret Court Arena <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/22\/sports\/naomi-osakas-australian-open-match-ends-with-heated-exchange\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that ended acrimoniously<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pair barely exchanged a handshake over the net, with Cirstea glancing in Osaka\u2019s direction briefly and then turning her head away.<\/p>\n<p>As they walked toward the umpire\u2019s chair, Osaka asked, \u201cWhat was that for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cirstea responded directly to the two-time Australian Open winner, upset with Osaka\u2019s efforts to pump herself up at stages during the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently a lot of \u2018C\u2019mons\u2019 that she was angry about,\u201d Osaka said, \u201cbut whatever. I think this was her last Australian Open so, OK, sorry she was mad about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against Australian qualifier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[12083,18323,99,428],"class_list":["post-426995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-naomi-osaka","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}