Sorana Cirstea and Naomi Osaka have post-match fight at Australian Open

Tennis stars Naomi Osaka and Sorana Cirstea had a fight at the end of their Australian Open match on Thursday.

Osaka brought Cirstea’s final Australian Open match to a bitter end when she defeated the Romanian player 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Cirstea had words for Osaka when he greeted her at the net for the post-match handshake.

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He slapped Osaka’s hand and then walked towards the referee. Osaka asked, “What was that for?”

Cirstea didn’t seem to enjoy Osaka trying to promote herself during the match.

“Apparently there were a lot of ‘come ons’ that I was angry about, but whatever,” Osaka said in the post-match interview. “I mean, I tried to play well, I did my best. She’s a great player. I think this was her last Australian Open, so, okay, I’m sorry she was mad about that.”

Osaka added that Cirstea could have asked her to stop.

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Naomi Osaka of Japan plays a forehand return to Sorana Cirstea of ​​Romania during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Osaka entered the tournament as the 16th seed. She has won the Australian Open twice in her career, but has not made it past the third round since 2021. She is set for a third-round showdown against Maddison Inglis on Friday.

Cirstea announced in December that the 2026 season would be her last run in professional tennis. He only reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Naomi Osaka of Japan enters the court for her second round match against Sorana Cirstea of ​​Romania at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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He has three singles titles in his career and no Grand Slam titles.