Naomi Osaka walked off the court in tears at the Canadian Open yesterday after a back injury stopped her completing her first round match, just three weeks before the US Open begins.
The former world number one missed Wimbledon this year while recovering from an Achilles injury and was only in her second tournament back to fitness preparing for the US Open, with the first round in under three weeks time. Osaka was trailing Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 7-6, 3-0 in the Canadian Open first round match yesterday when her back pain was too much leaving the court in tears.
Afterwards Osaka, who had completed two matches in last week's Silicon Valley Classic, said that she was unable to play through the pain.
