Naomi Osaka declared Friday that she would "for sure" play her first-round match at the Australian Open after suffering an abdominal injury last week.

Naomi Osaka confirmed she will play her Australian Open first-round match despite an abdominal injury sustained in Auckland. The former world number one and two-time Australian Open champion remains optimistic,

Osaka, the 2019 and 2021 champion, in tears on Sunday after abdominal injury forces her to quit first WTA Tour final in almost three years.

Naomi Osaka cast a bit of concern on her condition after revealing that the MRI results "were not fantastic" but noted that it wasn't the worst of results of either and that she should be ready to play at the Australian Open.

Two-times Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka is confident she will play her opening match against Caroline Garcia at the Grand Slam even though the results of a scan on her abdominal injury were not "fantastic".