Naomi Osaka dropped a bomb on the American sports channel ESPN. The former world number one has confessed that she would like to come back to life at the Australian Open next January, 16 months after her long break.
The 25-year-old Japanese four-time Grand Slam winner has been absent from the circuit since September 2022. Since her tears and her premature elimination at the US Open in 2021, Naomi Osaka needed a break to deal with her recurring anxiety problems. . A long break during which she gave birth to a baby girl Shai. She had made a short appearance at the Tokyo tournament in 2022, where she withdrew for her first match.
During her interview, the Japanese announced that she wanted to do a full 2024 season: “It will definitely be a lot more tournaments than I used to play,” she pointed out. “I don’t know how the start of the season will go. I don’t know what my level of play will be and I think we have to come back slowly. So I will set myself the goal of finishing the year 2024 very well, ”she concluded.
At the top of the WTA rankings in 2019, Osaka fell to 603rd in the world. She won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021, as well as the US Open in 2018 and 2020.
