Naomi Osaka crashed out of the first round at Indian Wells on Wednesday, falling 6-4, 6-4 to Camila Osorio in her first tournament since injury forced her out of the Australian Open.
Former world number one Osaka, now ranked 56th in the world, looked rusty against the 52nd-ranked Colombian, struggling to find the range on her powerful groundstrokes.
Osorio gained the lone break of the opening set for a 5-4 lead and served it out without a hitch, then broke Osaka to open the second.
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The Japanese star immediately broke back, but Osorio gained the upper hand with a break in the seventh game for a 4-3 lead.
Osaka fought off a match point in the ninth game, but Osorio calmly served it out in the next.
It was a disappointing return for Osaka, whose year got off to a promising start when she reached the final at Auckland, her first final since 2022, only to withdraw with an abdominal injury after winning the first set.
Osaka, who returned from a 15-month break last year after giving birth to daughter Shai in 2023, was also forced to retire from her third-round match at the Australian Open with an abdominal strain.
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