Sorana Cirstea, Naomi Osaka have a tiff after the match at the Australian Open

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

Osaka brought Cirstea’s last Aussie Open match to a bitter end as she defeated the Romanian player 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Cirstea had words for Osaka when she greeted her online for the handshake after the match.

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She slapped Osaka’s hand and then marched towards the referee. Osaka asked, “What was that?”

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

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

Osaka added that Cirstea could have told 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 No. 16 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 matchup against Maddison Inglis on Friday.

Cirstea announced in December that the 2026 season would be her last run in professional tennis. She only made it as far as the fourth round at the Australian Open.

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

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She has three career singles titles and no Grand Slam titles.