Germany
\nNaomi Osaka\u2019s Wimbledon preparations received a setback when she retired at the start of the second set in Saturday\u2019s Bad Homburg Open final because of a foot injury.
\nThe 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.
\nOsaka had taken a medical timeout in the first set. Then, after gesturing she could not continue, she walked over to shake hands with Muchova and the umpire.
\n\u201cI just want to say thank you to everyone who came to watch the match,\u201d Osaka told the crowd during the trophy ceremony. \u201cI apologise for not being able to finish, but this atmosphere was incredible the whole week.\u201d
\nA four-time Grand Slam champion, the 28-year-old Osaka has never been beyond the third round at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.
\nSeeded No. 14, she is scheduled to play Elsa Jacquemot in the first round.
\nIt was 11th-ranked Muchova\u2019s third career title from nine tour-level finals, and her first on grass.
\nThe final was moved forward by two and a half hours to 11 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) to avoid the worst of the day\u2019s heat as much of Europe endures often record-breaking temperatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Germany Naomi Osaka\u2019s Wimbledon preparations received a setback when she retired at the start of the second set in Saturday\u2019s Bad Homburg Open 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n