Osaka withdraws from Cincinnati Tennis Final due to injury
Japan's Naomi Osaka announced her withdrawal from the final match of the Cincinnati Tennis Tournament, one of the compulsory Premier League tournaments for women, scheduled today in front of Belarusian Victoria Azarnka. The official account of the tournament on Twitter quoted Osaka as saying, "I am very sorry for my withdrawal due to the injury. I suffered a left thigh muscle injury yesterday in the tiebreak of the second set and did not recover as I wished during the evening." "It has been an impressive week and I want to thank everyone for the great support," she added. And the tournament organizers announced that Azarnka, ranked 59 in the world, won the title after the Japanese withdrew.
Osaka, 22, did not say whether she would participate in the "Flushing Meadows", one of the Grand Slam championships that won her title in 2018, which begins on Monday. The world number 10 won the semi-final match yesterday, which she did not want to play in the first place in her favor by beating Belgian Elise Martens, to set a date with Azarnka, the winner over British Johanna Kunta.