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.

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

Naomi Osaka shared she was "still kind of processing" her Australian Open withdrawal after sustaining an injury during her ...

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 ...

Naomi Osaka is getting some pushback from her second-round match, and Jelena Djokovic is one of her more vocal critics.

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

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

Tensions were running high at the Australian Open on Thursday, Jan. 22, after Naomi Osaka beat Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, to advance to the third round. Osaka met Cirstea at the net for the ...

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 ...