Naomi Osaka has likened her loss in qualifying for the Cincinnati Open to 'being postpartum', adding in an emotional post on Instagram that the feeling 'scares' her.
Naomi Osaka has likened her loss in qualifying for the Cincinnati Open to 'being postpartum', adding in an emotional post on Instagram that the feeling 'scares' her. The former world No 1 took more than a year out of the game as she became a mother for the first time last July before returning to action in January.
'That scares me because I've been playing tennis since I was three, the tennis racquet should feel like an extension of my hand. 'I don't understand why everything has to feel almost brand new again. This should be as simple as breathing to me but it's not and I genuinely did not give myself grace for that fact until just now.
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