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Karolina Muchova Wins Bad Homburg Title After Naomi Osaka Retires Injured
Naomi Osaka retired at the start of the second set in the Bad Homburg Open final on Saturday due to a foot injury. She was trailing Karolina Muchova 6-1, 1-0 when she withdrew after a medical timeout in the first set. Muchova won her first grass-court title.
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Naomi Osaka retired from the Bad Homburg Open final on Saturday because of a foot injury. The fourth-seeded player was trailing Karolina Muchova 6-1, 1-0 at the start of the second set when she pulled out. Osaka had taken a medical timeout during the first set.
After gesturing that she could not continue, she walked over to shake hands with Muchova and the umpire. “I just want to say thank you to everyone who came to watch the match,” Osaka told the crowd during the trophy ceremony. ” The 28-year-old four-time Grand Slam champion is seeded No.
14 at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday. She is scheduled to play Elsa Jacquemot in the first round. Osaka has never advanced beyond the third round at the tournament. Muchova secured her third career title from nine tour-level finals and her first on grass.
The final had been moved forward by two and a half hours to 11 a.m. local time to avoid the day's peak heat amid record-breaking temperatures across Europe.
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