In a major feature in InStyle magazine, Naomi Osaka opened up about her complicated pregnancy.
von tennisnet.com
last edited: December 15, 2023, 1:25 p.m
Naomi Osaka at the US Open 2023
The announced comebacks of Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber and Emma Raducanu could determine the first weeks of the 2024 WTA season. Osaka’s return after the birth of her first daughter Shai will probably arouse the most interest. Especially in Australia at the beginning of 2021, Osaka seemed as if she was almost invincible on the hard court. After Melbourne that year, the Grand Slam count stood at four. It has remained that way for various reasons.
In addition to playful and physical problems, there were also mental problems. And suddenly Naomi Osaka was just gone. Until the news came that Osaka was pregnant for the first time. As we now learn from a big feature in InStyle magazine, this pregnancy was quite complicated. “When you go in there you think, Oh, it’s going to be a nice trip. But it’s pretty hard.”
So hard that Naomi Osaka took an almost drastic measure before her daughter was born: “I wrote a will.” Which wouldn’t be in her nature, because: “I always thought that something bad would happen if I made my will.” Despite all the fears and an infection that Osaka had to overcome during pregnancy. Luckily, Shai was born healthy. And Osaka and her boyfriend, the rapper Cordae, felt like all new parents afterwards: “It was a day that changed our lives. From the moment you come back from the hospital, everything is different.”
On the tennis court, things should soon be as they used to be. The first inventory will take place in Brisbaine, at a tournament that has a fantastic line-up.
2023-12-15 14:15:00
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