MADRID, 9 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, former number one in the world, will not play the Rome tournament this week due to her Achilles tendon discomfort, so the Spanish Nuria Parrizas will be the rival of Sara Sorribes in the first round.
Osaka already recognized after losing last week at the Mutua Madrid Open precisely against the Castellón native that she had pain in that area and that she had not “healed” enough to compete in the Foro Italico. “It’s an Achilles tendon injury so I need to be especially careful in order to be at Roland Garros,” said the Asian in statements collected by the WTA website.
The loss of the winner of four ‘Grand Slams’ allowed the Granada-born Nuria Parrizas to enter the main draw as a ‘lucky loser’ since the Andalusian had fallen in the last round of the qualifying phase against the Slovenian Kaja Juvan.