Tennis-Osaka joins growing casualty list as injuries pile up towards season's end


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 17 Oct 2025

Tennis - China Open - The Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing, China - September 27, 2025 Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her round of 64 match against Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

(Reuters) -Naomi Osaka became the latest player to suffer injury towards the end of a gruelling season after the four-times Grand Slam champion pulled out of her Japan Open quarter-final against Jaqueline Cristian on Friday with a leg injury.

Several players have ended their seasons early amid health and fitness struggles in the ongoing Asian swing of tournaments, including Emma Raducanu, Daria Kasatkina, Elina Svitolina and Paula Badosa.

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