Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won’t be repeating her surprising run to the Australian Open final in 2025 after a second-round upset loss to No. 97-ranked Laura Siegemund on Wednesday. Zheng lost the 2024 championship match at Melbourne Park to Aryna Sabalenka and went on to win the Olympic gold medal in Paris and finish runner-up at the WTA Finals in a breakout season.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka thought for a few moments ... distracted by a time penalty and unable to counteract No. 97-ranked Laura Siegemund's aggressive approach, lost 7-6 (3 ...

The abdominal injury that caused Naomi Osaka to retire from the Auckland final with a one-set lead over Clara Tauson less than two weeks ago struck again Friday, forcing the four-time major champion to cut a promising Australian Open short.

A place in the second week of the Australian Open is on the line Friday in Melbourne (Thursday night, U.S.) for a number of star players including Naomi Osaka, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff.

Osaka strode to the sideline for the changeover ... for a time violation and never managed to counter 97th-ranked Laura Siegemund's strokes, bowing out 7-6 (3), 6-3 at John Cain Arena.

Recommended Videos This was not a match against some unknown opponent, someone Osaka knew for sure she ... never managed to counter 97th-ranked Laura Siegemund's strokes, bowing out 7-6 (3 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka's second-round match at ... a time violation and never managed to counter 97th-ranked Laura Siegemund's strokes, bowing out 7-6 (3), 6-3 at John Cain ...

Naomi Osaka’s second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in,

Naomi Osaka seized victory on Wednesday, defeating No. 20 Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. Initially it looked like Osaka might be on her way to a quick ouster after she won just one game in the 32-minute first set.

Siegemund, 36 ... final appearance at Roland Garros in 2020. Osaka’s gutsy comeback sets up Bencic battle Dual Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has come back from a set down to beat 20th ...

Naomi Osaka, a two-time champion in Australia, stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the first set of her match against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic.