The four-time grand slam champion will play at the All England Club for the first time in five years.
Naomi Osaka feels like a different player and person on her return to Wimbledon and is looking forward to sharing the experience with her baby daughter.
Becoming a mother has been central to her change in mindset and Osaka is looking forward to celebrating Shai’s first birthday in London on Tuesday. Osaka is still ranked outside the top 100 and has reached only two quarter-finals since her comeback but she gave a reminder of the talent that carried her to four slam titles by pushing Iga Swiatek all the way in a brilliant second-round match at the French Open.
Osaka opens her campaign on Monday against France’s Diane Parry, while opening the Centre Court schedule on Tuesday will be defending champion Marketa Vondrousova. “I’m thinking about it. I’m not stressed yet, but I think it’s going to come tomorrow when I see the tournament starting and everything. I practised there on Friday. I got the feel of it.”Vondrousova had a pre-tournament scare when she was forced to retire during a match at the grass-court event in Berlin last week after slipping and hurting her hip.
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