Naomi Osaka

Osaka was trailing Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (4), 3-0 when she withdrew from the match.

Kanepi built on that momentum in the second set, taking advantage of Osaka’s mishaps and firing sharp forehands past the Japanese star. Kanepi won four of the next seven games to go up 5-3. Osaka struggled with unforced errors and had four of her five double faults in the first set.

Former World No.1 Naomi Osaka retired from her opening match at the National Bank Open on Tuesday due to a back injury, sending last week's Citi Open ...

But after that, Osaka forced more errors from Kanepi and pulled back into the first set, including saving a set point at 6-5 with a forehand winner. Kanepi and Muguruza have a 1-1 head-to-head. A forehand winner lined up Kanepi’s second set point, which she converted after a long Osaka rally forehand. “I felt my back from the start of the match, and despite trying my best to push through it I just wasn’t able to today," Osaka said afterward. Former Top 15 player Kanepi has risen to World No.31 in this week's rankings, which is her highest position since 2014. Kaia Kanepi moved into the second round of the National Bank Open on Tuesday, advancing past former World No.1 Naomi Osaka 7-6(4), 3-0, ret.

See the the live rankings of Naomi Osaka before playing Kaia Kanepi in the 1st round of the National Bank Open.

Osaka will have only 105 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. Presently, during this year Osaka has managed to achieve a 13-6 record. Kaia Kanepi’s most significant accomplishment of the year was getting to the final in Miami. Now the world no.39, Naomi played her last match on the 4th of August when she was defeated by world no.11 Cori Gauff 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in San Jose (draw). Ranked world no.31, Kanepi played her last encounter on the 7th of August when she lost to world no.42 Ludmilla Samsonova 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Washington (draw). Naomi Osaka’s latest run in Washington was the best achievement of her season. The prediction is Kanepi to win in 3 sets. Naomi Osaka is about to play against Kaia Kanepi on Tuesday the 9th of August in Toronto. Here is an update about her live rankings. In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Osaka is still ranked no.28 occupying the position of Japanese no.1. Osaka is 3 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.38. Her career-best rank was no.1. Depending on the other results, Naomi Osaka may gain 3 places to be the new world no.35 if she wins the following contest. On the other part of the net, Kaia Kanepi is now ranked no.31 with 1467 points placed as the Estonian no.2 after Anett Kontaveit who is her compatriot no.1 with 4476 points ranked no.2.

Osaka was trailing Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (4), 3-0 when she withdrew from the match. Entering the tournament, Osaka had been eliminated from her last three ...

Kanepi built on that momentum in the second set, taking advantage of Osaka’s mishaps and firing sharp forehands past the Japanese star. Kanepi won four of the next seven games to go up 5-3. Osaka struggled with unforced errors and had four of her five double faults in the first set.

The four-time Grand Slam champion's chances to compete at this year's U.S. Open are now up in the air.

She made her 2022 return at last week’s Silicon Valley Classic, winning one match before losing to Coco Gauff in the Round of 16. The Japanese player has missed the majority of summer tennis play after dealing with an Achilles injury following her round one French Open loss. “I felt my back from the start of the match, and despite trying my best to push through it, I just wasn’t able to today,” Osaka told the media after the match.

Naomi Osaka's injury-hit year continued at the Canadian Open as she was forced to retire from her first-round encounter with Kaia Kanepi. At a set and 3-0 down and having had a medical timeout in the first, Osaka told the umpire she was unable to continue.

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A lower back injury forced Japan's Naomi Osaka to retire from her first-round match at the National Bank Open on Tuesday in Toronto.

Two primetime matches had yet to be decided. Bencic, the 12th seed from Switzerland, overcame the Czech Republic’s Tereza Martincova 6-4, 6-2. “I think that the level was pretty high. That included a stunning 16 straight points from the winning point of the fourth game all the way into the eighth and final game. “I felt my back from the start of the match, and despite trying my best to push through it I just wasn’t able to today,” Osaka said. Article content

Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka retired from her opening match at the WTA Toronto Masters with lower back pain on Wednesday AEST, raising injury ...

I just need to get better at dealing with players who play probably as quick as she does.” The Briton saved a set point in the 12th game to bring on a tie-breaker, but collapsed to lose seven straight points as Giorgi took the set after 71 minutes. Raducanu had to hold on in a wild opening set, where serve was broken in six of the dozen games played. She won this tournament last year. “I felt my back from the start of the match and despite trying to push through it, I just wasn’t able to today,” Osaka said. Naomi Osaka has retired from her opening match at a Canadian tournament, raising injury concerns with the US Open looming.