FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA 250 - Melbourne Summer Set - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 4, 2022 Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts during her round of 32 match against France's Alize Cornet REUTERS/Loren Elliott
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top-seeded Naomi Osaka pulled out of her Melbourne Summer Set 1 WTA event semi-final against Veronika Kudermetova on Saturday, citing the intensity of recent games as cause for her withdrawal.
"Sad to withdraw due to injury from my match today, my body got a shock from playing back to back intense matches after the break I took," Osaka said https://twitter.com/naomiosaka/status/1479650178843832328 on Twitter.
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