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Martina Navratilova rips Naomi Osaka after Sorana Cirstea incident at Australian Open
Navratilova calls out Osaka for celebrating between Cirsteas serves at the Australian Open.
Sorana Cirstea and Naomi Osaka had an icy handshake at the end of their Australian Open on Thursday. Osaka won the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
The pair barely exchanged a handshake over the net, with Cîrstea glancing in Osaka's direction briefly and then turning her head away.
With Sorana Cirstea's recent match against Naomi Osaka in the 2026 Australian Open garnering attention for its on-court tension, meet the tennis player's ex-boyfriend, Santiago Giraldo.
MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka pared down her show-stopping jellyfish-inspired outfit and overcame a second-set wobble to beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday. In her first-round win ...