Before that the 20-year-old will face Belinda Bencic, who advanced when Naomi Osaka retired injured, for a place in the quarterfinals. World number 29 Fernandez, the losing finalist in the 2021 US ...

who plays Leylah Fernandez later on Friday, when it flared up again and ended her first Grand Slam campaign of 2025. Osaka was a set and 4-3 up on Gauff in Beijing when she injured her back ...

Much like the second-rounder between Emma Raducanu and Amanda Anisimova, this will be a battle between two sneaky-young veterans—Coco is still just 20, Leylah 22. In one of those pro-tour quirks, they ...

Osaka was hoping to reach the fourth round of ... who beat Canada's Leylah Fernandez later on Friday. Sabalenka is aiming to become just the seventh player to claim a third straight Australian ...

Osaka began 2025 by making it to the final of ... 2023 US Open champion Coco Gauff or 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez, who were scheduled to face each other on Friday night.

Osaka had said the result from an MRI scan before ... in the next round after the former U.S. Open champion beat Leylah Fernandez in straight sets. (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing ...