Naomi Osaka's quest for a first title in four years ended in heartbreak as the former world number one retired with an injury after winning the opening set of the Auckland Classic final against Denmark's Clara Tauson on Sunday.

AUCKLAND, Jan 5 — Naomi Osaka retired from the final of the Auckland Classic with an abdominal injury today, a blow to the Japanese star just a week before the start of the Australian Open. Playing in her first WTA final for three years, against Denmark ...

Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka is in doubt for the Melbourne major after her quest for a first title in four years ended in heartbreak in Auckland. The former world No.1 retired with an abdominal strain after winning the opening set of the Auckland Classic final against Denmark’s Clara Tauson.

Naomi Osaka's quest for her first title in four years ended in heartbreak as the former world No. 1 retired with an injury after winning the opening set of the Auckland Classic final against Denmark's Clara Tauson.

AUCKLAND – Naomi Osaka retired from the final of the Auckland Classic with an abdominal injury on Jan 5, a blow to the Japanese star just a week before the start of the Australian Open.

Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien and Jiang Xinyu of China yesterday won the women’s doubles title at the ASB Classic in Auckland, while Naomi Osaka retired from the women’s singles final with an abdominal injury.

The former world No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion retired from the final of the WTA Auckland Open, the last tune-up before the Australian Open, with an apparent medical issue on Sunday. She had been leading Denmark's Clara Tauson 6-4, but her exit left Tauson as the tournament's champion.

Naomi Osaka's Australian Open campaign has taken on an element of doubt after the four-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1 suffered an apparent abdominal injury while playing the final of a WTA tournament in Auckland.

In her first WTA final after three years, she  pulled out after winning the opening set 6-4 against Denmark’s Clara Tauson

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka retired from the ASB Classic final in Auckland on Sunday due to an abdominal injury after winning the first set against Clara Tauson.

AUCKLAND, Jan 5 (Reuters ... an injury after winning the opening set of the Auckland Classic final against Denmark's Clara Tauson on Sunday. It was an anticlimactic finish to the match and ...

Clara Tauson won her third career Hologic WTA Tour title after former World No.1 Naomi Osaka retired from their ASB Classic final in Auckland on Sunday due to an abdominal injury.