Naomi Osaka announced on Thursday that she won’t be playing in the upcoming French Open.
The first round of the tournament is slated to start Sept. 27, 15 days after Osaka’s US Open final victory over Victoria Azarenka. Osaka wrote on Twitter that she’s dealing with a sore hamstring and won’t be able to physically prepare for the adjustment to clay courts with such a short turnaround.
“Unfortunately I won’t be able to play the French Open this year,” Osaka wrote. “My hamstring is still sore, so I won’t have enough time to prepare for the clay — these 2 tournaments came too close to each other for me this time.