Naomi Osaka retires from Bad Homburg Open final, Karolina Muchova claims title

Naomi Osaka's Wimbledon preparations received a setback when she retired at the start of the second set in Saturday's Bad Homburg final because of a foot injury. The fourth-seeded Japanese player, in her first grass-court final, was trailing 6-1, 1-0 to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic when she pulled out. Osaka had taken a medical timeout in the first set.

Karolina Muchová won the Bad Homburg grass court tournament on Saturday when opponent Naomi Osaka retired injured early in the second set. Former French Open finalist Muchová was leading 6-1, 1-0 in the first grass court final for both players when Osaka could not play on after 46 minutes due to a foot injury, giving Muchová a third career title.

Naomi Osaka did not earn her first career grass court WTA title on Saturday. Instead, she retired midmatch with a right foot injury. She took a medical time out in the first set. Her movement seemed hampered indicating it was…

Naomi Osaka was forced to retire from the first grass-court final of her career Saturday, two days before the start of Wimbledon. The four-time Grand Slam champion turned it early in the first set of her match against Czech world No. 11 Karolína Muchová, at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany. Despite playing on after a trainer visit, Osaka lost the set 6-1. After a lengthy game to open the second set — in which Muchová ultimately held serve — Osaka had a brief conversation with her box, including c