Osaka Pulls out of Melbourne Semi-Final

Osaka Pulls out of Melbourne Semi-Final
Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts, during her round of 32 match against France's Alize Cornet in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, on Jan. 4, 2022. Loren Elliott/Reuters
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MELBOURNE—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 on Twitter.