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

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

Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff roll to Australian Open's 4th round. Naomi Osaka retires due to injury and Jessica Pegula was upset in the third round.

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.

Two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended a few impressive streaks on Friday while becoming one of the first players to advance to the fourth round of the year's opening Grand Slam tournament.

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 ...

Later Friday, an apparent abdominal injury that forced Naomi Osaka to retire with a ... Also advancing Friday were 11th-seeded Paula Badosa, who beat Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, and 18th-seeded ...

Day six at the Australian Open was filled with shocking upsets and intense matches. Olga Danilovic of Serbia upset Jessica Pegula, while Novak Djokovic maintained his winning streak. Naomi Osaka retired due to injury.

Reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka also advanced to the second week, as did one of her good friends, 11th seed Paula Badosa ... while two-time champion Naomi Osaka takes on new mum Belinda Bencic.

Pegula, the seventh seed, has a number of difficult opponents in her quarter: Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova, Paula Badosa ... step on an Osaka revenge tour? In her first match, Naomi beat Carolina ...

That includes wins on Friday for No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who is the two-time defending champion in Australia, No. 3 Gauff, No. 11 Paula Badosa and No. 14 Mirra Andreeva. Naomi Osaka, a two-time ...