Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon due to injury

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Wimbledon Championships, which begins on June 27, due to an injury to her Achilles heel, news reports said today.

Neither Wimbledon organizers nor the player confirmed the reports, including the BBC report.

Osaka, 24, who won the Australian Open twice and the US Open title (Flushing Meadows) twice, was among the list of participations in Wimbledon, which was announced a few days ago, but she has not participated in any tournament since the French Open (Roland Garros).

Osaka recently posted a video clip on social media, of the rehabilitation process she underwent due to a foot problem.

Osaka had previously stated that she was considering not participating in Wimbledon on grass in London, after it was decided not to add tournament points to the balance of players and players in the world rankings, following the ban on the participation of players from Russia and Belarus due to the crisis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, the former Wimbledon runner-up, announced on Friday evening that she was withdrawing from participating in Wimbledon because her points had not been added to the world rankings.

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