Should tennis do away with the runner-up speech? It's unique to the sport -- and can be devastatingly hard to do.

Naomi Osaka issues apology after saying she was disrespectful to Sorana Cirstea at Australian Open during her on-court ...

Osaka then apologized for what she said about the brief handshake in a post-match interview while speaking to reporters.

Naomi Osaka of Japan walks onto Rod Laver Arena for her first round match against Antonia Ruzic of Croatia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026.

Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis on Saturday, ending a campaign noted strikingly for fashion and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Fashion and friction have been the defining features for Naomi Osaka in two rounds at the Australian Open that couldn’t have been more different. Osaka fended off Sorana ...

Naomi Osaka and Sorana Cirstea's tense post-match exchange stole the show, overshadowing their competitive and nail-biting match at the Australian Open.

“When I look back at the players who came before me, I think about how those moments—those looks—have become memories that live forever,” Osaka tells Vogue. “So much of the time, other people get to ...