An unexpected outcome was recorded at the 2025 Australian Open.

Osaka withdrew from the match after losing the first set to Swiss player Belinda Bencic, who is ranked 294th in the WTA rankings. The set concluded with a score of 7:6 (7:3) in favor of Bencic, as reported by Sports.kz.

Bencic's opponent in the Round of 16 at the Australian Open will be the world’s third-ranked player, American Coco Gauff, who defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez (ranked 30th in the WTA) in the third round.

It is noteworthy that Kazakhstan's top tennis player and the seventh-ranked player in the world, Elena Rybakina, secured two victories at the start of the Australian Open 2025 and will face Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (ranked 33rd) in the third round.