Due to a back injury, Naomi Osaka was forced to retire before the start of the decisive set in the match against Coco Gauff, valid for access to the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing. The Japanese was leading by a set and a break when she began to lose confidence and feel pain. A pain that prevented her from moving forward.
A user, through a comment on Threads, called Naomi Osaka a fluke. Due to a back injury, Naomi Osaka was forced to retire before the start of the decisive set in the match against Coco Gauff, valid for access to the quarterfinals of the China Open. The Japanese was leading by a set and a break when she began to lose confidence and feel pain. A pain that prevented her from moving forward.
The Japanese responded harshly to the provocation and wrote: “I read that someone called me a fluke. How can you be a fluke with four Slams won, having lit the Olympic torch, having beaten several top-20 players and being close to the top-50 a year after giving birth? But please, you could not touch a single one of my successes with even a fingernail.”
Osaka spilling pic.twitter.com/Z3njZmOXPv
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 3, 2024
The user’s comment against the Japanese came after Naomi had written – through an Instagram story – the reasons that had…
