'Body got a shock': Osaka pulls out of Australian Open warm up

MELBOURNE: Naomi Osaka pulled out of a warm-up tournament for the Australian Open on Saturday , saying her"body got a shock" after playing her first matches for four months, opening the Melbourne Summer Set title door to Simona Halep.

"Unfortunately I have an abdominal injury which I need to rest and prepare for the #AusOpen," the Japanese superstar and top seed said in a statement released by the Australian Open on Twitter. She then demolished Belgium's Maryna Zanevska 6-1, 6-1 before blasting past Germany's Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-5 to make the semi-finals.

Halep missed Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympics last year with a calf injury and ended her season early due to a knee issue, which culminated in her ranking slumping to 20.

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