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Oct 17, 2025, 12:39 AM ET

OSAKA, Japan — Naomi Osaka pulled out of her quarterfinal match at the Japan Open on Friday because of a left leg injury.

Her withdrawal ahead of the match resulted in Jaqueline Cristian advancing to the semifinals on a walkover, the WTA Tour said.

Tournament organizers said top-seeded Osaka hadn’t recovered from the injury suffered late in her second-round match. It will be Cristian’s third semifinal appearance of the year and her first on a surface other than clay.

Before the injury, Osaka had wins over Wakana Sonobe and 2024 champion Suzan Lamens.

After splitting the first two sets with Lamens, Osaka took a 5-0 lead in the third. But during a rally with Lamens, Osaka pulled up with an apparent issue with her left leg. She won the point after Lamens sent a backhand wide but requested a medical timeout after the next point.

Osaka, a four-time major winner, returned to the court with her left thigh wrapped and limitations in her movement but was able to close out on her third match point.

Osaka lost in the second round of the China Open in late September and also lost in the second round at the Wuhan Open last week.

In another quarterfinal Friday at the Japan Open, 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez beat Rebecca Šramková 7-6 (2), 6-3.

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United Arab Emirates denied Japan and took the final place at next year’s men’s T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket victory in the qualifier in Oman.

Japan could have reached their first major tournament with a victory but UAE held them to 116-9 and then chased their target in 12.1 overs.

It means UAE join Oman and Nepal in progressing from the Asia and East Asia-Pacific qualifier to the World Cup held in India and Sri Lanka in February and March next year.

In addition to the two hosts getting automatic spots, England, Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, United States and West Indies qualified courtesy of reaching the Super 8 stage of the 2024 edition held in the United States and West Indies.

Ireland, Pakistan and New Zealand qualified via the rankings while Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Namibia and Zimbabwe came through their regional qualifying tournaments.

The tournament schedule is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Japan beat Kuwait and Samoa earlier in their qualifying tournament which meant they would have progressed had they beaten UAE and overturned a net run-rate deficit.

They slumped to 58-8, however, with spinner Haider Ali taking 3-20, and only limped to their total thanks to 45 not out from Wataru Miyauchi.

Alishan Sharafu and Muhammad Waseem put on 70 for the first wicket of the chase and, despite the pair falling for 46 and 42 respectively, UAE, who played at the 2014 and 2022 T20 World Cups, eased to victory.

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Following a suspected shoulder injury and a dramatic storyline write-off on Monday Night Raw, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has been officially removed from the company’s upcoming SuperShow live events in Japan this weekend. According to the updated ticket listings for the shows, Rollins is no longer advertised for the events on Friday, October 17, and Saturday, October 18, at the Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo.

Rollins was originally scheduled for two major matches on the tour. He was set to face CM Punk in a singles match on the first night, and then team with his former Vision stablemates, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed, to face Punk, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Jey Uso in a six-man tag team match on the second night. The lineups for the shows have now been updated, with CM Punk scheduled to face Dominik Mysterio on October 17, and a tag team match pitting Punk and Nakamura against Breakker and Reed now set for October 18.

The injury is believed to have occurred during Rollins’s main event match against Cody Rhodes at the WWE Crown Jewel Premium Live Event this past Saturday. Rollins was written off of television at the conclusion of this week’s Monday Night Raw in a shocking angle that saw The Vision faction implode, with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed brutally attacking him and aligning with Paul Heyman.

Rollins is reportedly set to be evaluated in Birmingham, Alabama, to determine the severity of the injury and if surgery will be required.

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Seth Rollins is no longer advertised for this weekendâ€s WWE house shows in Japan.

According to the ticket listings, Rollins has been removed from both the October 17 and 18 SuperShow cards, which will take place at Ryogoku Sumo Hall. He was originally set to face CM Punk on October 17 then team with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed to take on Punk, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Jey Uso the following day. The updated lineups now have Punk wrestling Dominik Mysterio on the 17th while Punk & Nakamura will team up to take on Breakker & Reed on the 18th.

Rollins appeared to suffer a shoulder injury during his match against Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel, making appearances after show wearing a sling. It isnâ€t known if he will require surgery as he will need to be evaluated in Birmingham, Alabama. Both Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer believe the injury is legitimate, but note that some in WWE are skeptical given Rollins†injury storyline during the summer, which was claimed to be legit at the time.

A shocking storyline at the end of Mondayâ€s Raw seemed to write Rollins out for the time being. The final moments of the show saw Breakker spear Rollins, telling Reed and Paul Heyman that they were either with him or against him. Both made their choice quickly, with Heyman snatching the title from Rollins and Reed giving Rollins a tsunami. The show ended with the three united.

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Oct 12, 2025, 06:25 AM ET

YOKOHAMA, Japan — This may not have been Xander Schauffele’s most prestigious tournament victory, but it should be the American’s most memorable.

Schauffele shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday to win the Baycurrent Classic in Japan — a country where his mother grew up and where he has many connections.

Schauffele, who shot 19-under 265 over four rounds at the Yokohama Country Club, finished one shot ahead of American Max Greyserman, who was also the runner-up at this event a year ago as he chases his first PGA Tour title.

Schauffele has maternal grandparents living in Japan, and his mother has roots in Taiwan and grew up in Japan. His mother-in-law is also Japanese, and his wife is half Japanese and grew up in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.

Xander Schauffele’s mother was born in Taiwan but grew up in Japan. AP Photo/Hiro Komae

“I’ve been coming here since I was about 9 years old to visit my grandparents,” Schauffele said. “I sort of fell in love with this country a long time ago. I can’t wait to bring my son here when he’s old enough to sort of understand and appreciate the culture here in Japan.”

“Yeah, the ties run deep for the Schauffele family here in Japan,” he added.

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Schauffele and his wife Maya became parents just over a month ago with the birth of a son.

“It’s still kind of fresh, but it’s definitely a cool thing being a dad and I’m so excited to go home to him and Maya after this,” Schauffele said.

Schauffele was cheered during the tournament by family members who attended, including his 81-year-old grandmother who walked the course with him. He said there would probably be a “get-together” with family members later to celebrate.

“I don’t get to see them very often, and they’ve always been gracious with their time to come out wherever the event was,” he said. “They’ve been awesome to me, and this is pretty cool. I’ve really wanted to share a win with them, so can’t wait to get together with them.”

Xander Schauffele poses with his family members after winning the Baycurrent Classic. His maternal grandparents live in Japan, his mother-in-law is Japanese, and his wife is half Japanese and grew up in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa. Yoshimasa Nakano/Getty Images

Greyserman closed with a 65 after holding or sharing the lead through the first three rounds. American Michael Thorbjornsen finished with a 64 and was three strokes behind the winner.

Schauffele has won two major championships — including the Open Championship in 2024 for his last victory — and took gold in the Tokyo Olympics, which were delayed until 2021 by the pandemic. He has compiled a considerable list of other PGA Tour titles, but this one title is different.

Soft conditions and still winds led to low scoring. American Matt McCarty shot an 11-under 60; he still finished nine strokes back. Japanese Takumi Kanaya finished with a 9-under 62 and was five behind the winner.

McCarty had a chance at a 58 but hit into the trees on his final hole and settled for a bogey and a 60. Jim Furyk holds the PGA Tour record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016.

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Matt McCarty shot the best score of his young PGA Tour career and was never more disappointed.

McCarty reached his final hole Sunday at the Baycurrent Classic with a chance at 58 to tie the 18-hole record on the PGA Tour. One swing ended those hopes. He hit it into the trees, couldn’t find it and had to make a 15-foot putt for bogey and a 60.

“One swing away from a 58,†McCarty said. “It’s a tough way to finish a really good day.â€

Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016. There have been 14 other rounds at 59, most recently by Jake Knapp in the Cognizant Classic earlier this year.

McCarty started on No. 10 at Yokohama Country Club, 13 shots out of the lead. He made four birdies on the back nine, and then made birdie on every hole on the front nine until reaching the 409-yard ninth hole, which bends sharply left.

“I was a little tight and tried to guide it too much,†McCarty said. “I thought I had a chance around the corner.â€

He figures it hit a tree and kicked left into a forest. McCarty took the penalty, hit his third shot from tee and and did well to make bogey.

“It’s weird to play that well and come off the course feeling this this,†he said.

YOKOHAMA, Japan — This may not have been Xander Schauffele’s most prestigious tournament victory, but it should be the American’s most memorable.

Schauffele’s shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday to win the Baycurrent Classic in Japan — a country where his mother grew up and where he has many connections.

Schauffele, who shot 19-under 265 over four rounds at the Yokohama Country Club, finished one shot ahead of American Max Greyserman, who was also the runner-up at this event a year ago as he chases his first PGA Tour title.

Schauffele has maternal grandparents living in Japan and his mother has roots in Taiwan and grew up in Japan. His mother-in-law is also Japanese, and his wife is half Japanese and grew up in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.

“I’ve been coming here since I was about 9 years old to visit my grandparents,†Schauffele said. “I sort of fell in love with this country a long time ago. I can’t wait to bring my son here when he’s old enough to sort of understand and appreciate the culture here in Japan.â€

“Yeah, the ties run deep for the Schauffele family here in Japan,†he added.

Schauffele and his wife Maya became parents just over a month ago with the birth of a son.

“It’s still kind of fresh, but it’s definitely a cool thing being a dad and I’m so excited to go home to him and Maya after this,†Schauffele said.

Schauffele was cheered during the tournament by family members who attended, including his 81-year-old grandmother who walked the course with him. He said there would probably be a “get-together†with family members later to celebrate.

“I mean, I don’t get to see them very often and they’ve always been gracious with their time to come out wherever the event was,†he said. “They’ve been awesome to me and this is pretty cool. I’ve really wanted to share a win with them, so can’t wait to get together with them.â€

Greyserman closed with a 65 and held or shared the lead through the first three rounds. Michael Thorbjornsen finished with a 64 and was three strokes behind the winner.

Here’s how the full $8 million purse was paid out in Japan at the PGA Tour’s Baycurrent Classic.

Schauffele has won two major championships — including The Open in 2024 which was his last victory — and took gold in the Tokyo Olympics, which were delayed until 2021 by the pandemic. He’s also compiled a considerable list of other PGA Tour titles — but this PGA Tour title is different.

Soft conditions and still winds led to low scoring. Matt McCarty shot an 11-under 60 — he still finished nine strokes back. Japanese Takumi Kanaya finished with a 9-under 62 and was five behind with winner.

McCarty had a chance at a 58 but hit into the trees on his final hole and settled for a bogey and a 60. Jim Furyk holds the PGA Tour record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016.

Xander Schauffele has been here before, but not in a while. Max Greyserman was in this position last year at this tournament. He was also in a similar spot at the Rocket Classic, where he finished T2 in a playoff.

After three rounds of the 2025 Baycurrent Classic at Yokohama Country Club in Japan, Schauffele and Greyserman sit atop the leaderboard, tied at 12-under.

Schauffele won two majors last season but hasn’t put himself in contention much this season. A rib injury cost Schauffele a month of the early part of the season, and he has spent the rest of the year trying to rediscover his major-winning form. Schauffele scuffled after returning from injury. He battled to make the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and an 81 at the Players Championship led to a lengthy range session with coach Chris Como. That range session, which included a number of one-handed finishes and exasperated reactions, would come to define a frustrating season for Schauffele — one that he spent trying to iron out bad habits that found their way into the swing he won with in 2024.

“I’d say bad habits,” Schauffele said at the Genesis Scottish Open in July. “It was still new — the way I was moving the club last year was still new, and the bad place I got the club to this year was new. So I’ve played plenty of — or hit a lot of bad shots from a certain place, but it was home for me. I’ve been playing from that, call it short and laid off and shut. I’ve played a lot of golf from there. So I was, you know, playing at home with it, missing my shots at home with it. So as soon as I come out to a tournament, I already know, it’s like my DNA. So plug in how I’ve overdone the club getting too far across and getting short. This is a spot I’ve never played from. It’s hard to create some sort of learning curve in a season that you’re trying to get back into. So just a bad matchup for me.”

Xander Schauffele’s interview after Round 3 of Baycurrent Classic

Schauffele went T8-T7 at the Scottish Open and Open Championship before going T22-T28 in the first two legs of the FedEx Cup Playoffs to miss the Tour Championship for the first time in his career. But he appears to have found something during Team USA’s Ryder Cup loss at Bethpage Black. Schauffele went 3-1-0 across four sessions, including beating Jon Rahm in singles on Sunday. His improved play has continued this week in Japan. Schauffele opened with an even-par 71 but fired a 63 on Friday and backed it up with a Saturday 67 to tie Greyserman atop the leaderboard and put himself in position to snap a winless drought that is now more than a year long.

“This is the first time I’ve been in contention all year, I believe, so it’s nice,” Schauffele said after his round Saturday. “Been playing pretty good golf. The weather’s been tricky, so proud of the fight today.”

For Schauffele, after a year spent in search of the major killer he had become, it’s nice to start feeling like himself again. But he knows that feeling can be fleeting in golf. The confidence stays and grows as long as the arrow is pointing up. But it can evaporate in a hurry.

“It’s growing,” Schauffele said of his confidence. “It’s a tricky thing. It takes a while to grow and it goes away quickly. I’m just trying to put one block after the other and slowly grow that confidence, like I said before, and so far we’ve been doing that.”

Schauffele hasn’t been in contention this season, but he has nine PGA Tour wins, two majors and an Olympic gold medal under his belt. A win Sunday would give Schauffele an exclamation point on what would otherwise be a lost year. Hoisting the trophy on Sunday would also be especially significant for Schauffele, given his familial connection to Japan. His grandparents are on-site watching him this week. His mother grew up in Japan. It would also be Schauffele’s first win as a father.

“That’s far away from now, but yeah, to think into the future, it would be an incredible feeling,” Schauffele said.

On the other end of Sunday’s duel in Yokohama is the 30-year-old Greyserman, who is still looking for his first win on the PGA Tour.

At last year’s Baycurrent Classic, Greyserman grabbed the lead on the back nine on Sunday, but Nico Echavarria stuffed his approach shot on the 72nd to make birdie and beat Greyserman by one shot. It was one of the three runner-up finishes for Greyserman in 2024. He added another one this year at the 2025 Rocket Classic. Greyserman has been knocking on the door. He is certain it’s a matter of when, not if, he becomes a PGA Tour winner.

“Anytime you don’t win or you fall short of maybe your goal, I don’t think that’s a failure,” Greyserman said on Sunday of his loss last year. “When I look at last year, I look at: Was I in the final group on Sunday? Was I playing with a premier player [Justin Thomas] like I’m playing with tomorrow? I was. And how did I handle that? I thought I handled that really well. I played a good round last year on Sunday and I got beat. I don’t think I gave up the tournament by any means. I put a good round together and Nico birdied two of the last three holes to clip me by one. So I think what I can look back at last year is when I was in the same exact position as I was last year, I thought I handled everything well and competed well and executed well, so that’s the plan for tomorrow.”

Greyserman knows he won’t be the crowd favorite on Sunday at Yokohama Country Club. The Japanese crowd will surely try to will Schauffele across the finish line. But that won’t faze Greyserman as he looks to finally enter the winner’s circle.

“I played with him today so there’s one thing I can draw from, but whether I play with Xander or, I don’t know, Tiger in his prime or any other guy out here, it’s the same golf,” Greyserman said. “So I do think the crowd is rooting for Xander a little more than other people, I could sense that a little bit today. But plenty of past experience. Final group on a Sunday, I’ve done that before, done that probably a couple times. Just go out there and do the same thing I do every day.”

Schauffele and Greyserman will duel on Sunday with the former looking to prove he has finally found himself while the latter hopes to secure a dream that he has let slip through his fingers several times before.

The PGA Tour is in Japan for this week’s Baycurrent Classic, formerly the Zozo Championship.

The final round concludes Saturday night on the East Coast in the U.S., with tee times starting at 7:05 p.m.

Here’s a look at the groupings for the finale in the no-cut, 78-player event, which you can watch on Golf Channel and the NBC Sports app with coverage beginning at 11 p.m. EDT.

Time
TeePlayers7:05 PM
EDT1

Collin Morikawa

Chris Gotterup

William Mouw

7:05 PM
EDT10

Matti Schmid

Bud Cauley

Max Homa

7:16 PM
EDT1

Brian Campbell

Kota Kaneko

Sam Stevens

7:16 PM
EDT10

Emiliano Grillo

Keita Nakajima

Matt McCarty

7:27 PM
EDT1

Keith Mitchell

Kevin Yu

Kevin Roy

7:27 PM
EDT10

Kaito Onishi

Andrew Putnam

Wyndham Clark

7:38 PM
EDT1

Ryan Gerard

Sam Ryder

Nicolai Højgaard

7:38 PM
EDT10

Isaiah Salinda

Patrick Fishburn

Mark Hubbard

7:49 PM
EDT1

Lee Hodges

Aldrich Potgieter

Adam Scott

7:49 PM
EDT10

Billy Horschel

Karl Vilips

Kurt Kitayama

8:00 PM
EDT1

Hideki Matsuyama

Max McGreevy

Kazuki Higa

8:00 PM
EDT10

Mikumu Horikawa

Taiga Semikawa

Joel Dahmen

8:11 PM
EDT1

Sungjae Im

Rasmus Højgaard

Takumi Kanaya

8:11 PM
EDT10

Eric Cole

Vince Whaley

Michael Kim

8:22 PM
EDT1

Rico Hoey

Alex Noren

Mac Meissner

8:22 PM
EDT10

Austin Eckroat

Taylor Moore

David Lipsky

8:33 PM
EDT1

Alex Smalley

Camilo Villegas

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

8:33 PM
EDT10

Takanori Konishi

Joe Highsmith

Tatsunori Shogenji

8:44 PM
EDT1

Ren Yonezawa

Matt Wallace

Beau Hossler

8:44 PM
EDT10

Taiga Kobayashi
(a)

Tom Kim

Patrick Rodgers

8:55 PM
EDT1

Nico Echavarria

Min Woo Lee

Sahith Theegala

8:55 PM
EDT10

Riki Kawamoto

Satoshi Kodaira

Gary Woodland

9:06 PM
EDT1

Byeong Hun An

Garrick Higgo

Si Woo Kim

9:06 PM
EDT10

Ryo Ishikawa

Ryo Hisatsune

Sami Valimaki

9:17 PM
EDT1

Max Greyserman

Xander Schauffele

Michael Thorbjornsen

9:17 PM
EDT10

Danny Walker

Naoto Nakanishi

Davis Riley

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Max Greyserman and Xander Schauffele shared the top of the leaderboard after Saturday’s third round of the Baycurrent Classic in Japan.

Playing on a rainy day, Greyserman finished with an even-par 71 with Schauffele carding a 67 at the Yokohama Country Club. Both are on 12-under 201.

Greyserman is after his first PGA Tour title — he was second in this event a year ago.

It’s a different story from Schauffele, who could add to his long resume on Sunday. This includes two major championships, a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and numerous other PGA Tour titles.

Schauffele’s mother was born in Taiwan but grew up in Japan. Winning, of course, would be a dream.

“It would be special obviously, my grandparents here, my mom growing up here with her brother as well,†he said. “That’s far away from now, but yeah, to think into the future, it would be an incredible feeling.â€

Greyserman, who has shared or held the lead outright since the first round, described just holding on.

“Obviously I think me and Xander are tied — so I would have liked to push my lead further, play better today and all that stuff, but you’re not going to play great for 72 straight holes,†he said. “The conditions were tough and I didn’t really adapt to the elements that well, but it’s a new day tomorrow.â€

Five players were three strokes back going into the final round including defending champion Nico Echavarria (69), Michael Thorbjornsen (66), Byeong Hun An (66), Garrick Higgo (68), and Si Woo Kim (69).

Here are final-round tee times and TV times for the PGA Tour’s event in Japan.

“With these conditions, I’m very proud of the way I fought today to give myself a chance,†Echavarria said, referring to the all-day rain.

It is the only PGA Tour tournament in Japan. The event was moved this year to Yokohama after being played east of Tokyo. It premiered in 2019 and was won by Tiger Woods.