“Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Australian Open. We will miss her,” said the organizers of the competition that will start on January 16 in Melbourne (southeast Australia).
Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Australian Open. We will miss her at #AO2023 ?
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 8, 2023
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The 25-year-old former world number one played for the last time last September at the Tokyo Premierwhere he retired before their second round match, suffering from abdominal pain and now occupies the 42nd position in the world ranking.
In last year’s Grand Slam events, Osaka lost in the third round in Melbourne, in the first round at Roland Garros and the US Open and he also did not play Wimbledon due to an Achilles tendon injury.
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Naomi Osaka, the daughter of a Haitian-American father and a Japanese mother, plays in international competitions on behalf of Japan.
The entrance Naomi Osaka will not participate in the Australian Open was first published on newspaper TODAY.
