Tennis: Osaka to miss Wimbledon warmup event in Berlin

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Japan's Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the upcoming bett1open in Berlin, the first of two Wimbledon warmup events on grass, according to the Women's Tennis Association. The world's top three -- Poland's Iga Swiatek, Anett Kontaveit of Estonia and Spaniard Paula Badosa, respectively -- will also miss the WTA 500 tournament opening next week at LTTC Rot-Weiss, the WTA said in a statement on its website. Former world No. 1 Osaka made a first-round exit from the French Open last month, losing 7-5, 6-4 to American Amanda Anisimova after playing with pain in her left Achilles tendon. The 24-year-old ...

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