Japan’s Naomi Osaka mentioned she is going to skip subsequent month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain as she recovers from accidents which have stored her out of key tournaments through the WTA’s Asian swing.
With that, Osaka’s season will come to a detailed as she appears to get wholesome earlier than subsequent 12 months’s Australian Open, the place she is a two-time champion.
Osaka sustained a again damage throughout this month’s China Open earlier than skipping the Japan Open and the Pan Pacific Open.
“I believed I strained my again, however I did an MRI in Beijing,” Kyodo Information Company quoted Osaka as telling reporters in Tokyo. “They mentioned I bulged a disc in my again and I additionally ruptured stomach muscle groups. I used to be practising in Los Angeles with a purpose to play right here. I took one other MRI and it mentioned I nonetheless have tears.
“I’ve performed so many tournaments this 12 months, so it was the hardest resolution to not play this and never play BJK.”
The previous world No. 1 is at the moment ranked 56th after getting back from a maternity break in the beginning of the season.
She just lately started working with Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou after splitting together with her longtime coach, Wim Fissette.
Reuters contributed to this report.
