Japan’s Naomi Osaka mentioned she is going to skip subsequent month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain as she recovers from accidents which have stored her out of key tournaments in the course of the WTA’s Asian swing.
With that, Osaka’s season will come to a detailed as she appears to get wholesome earlier than subsequent yr’s Australian Open, the place she is a two-time champion.
Osaka sustained a again damage throughout this month’s China Open earlier than skipping the Japan Open and the Pan Pacific Open.
“I believed I strained my again, however I did an MRI in Beijing,” Kyodo Information Company quoted Osaka as telling reporters in Tokyo. “They mentioned I bulged a disc in my again and I additionally ruptured belly muscle tissues. I used to be working towards in Los Angeles to be able to play right here. I took one other MRI and it mentioned I nonetheless have tears.
“I’ve performed so many tournaments this yr, so it was the hardest determination to not play this and never play BJK.”
The previous world No. 1 is at present ranked 56th after coming back from a maternity break at first of the season.
She not too long ago started working with Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou after splitting along with her longtime coach, Wim Fissette.
Reuters contributed to this report.