Naomi Osaka retires from Australian Open third round with recurrence of abdominal injury

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open after the abdominal injury that forced her out of the ASB Classic final in Auckland, New Zealand recurred during her third-round match against Belinda Bencic. Osaka was leading 5-2 and pushing Bencic all across the court, looking like the Osaka of old, when the four-time Grand Slam champion suddenly stopped being able to move like she had been moving during the first seven games. By the ninth game, she could barely lift on her serv

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