Could Naomi Osaka retire from tennis soon?
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Naomi Osaka played eleven tournaments in 2022 and withdrew on three occasions, two before taking the field. The Japanese champion lost four times in the first round and only at the WTA 1000 in Miami did she show glimpses of her true talent by reaching the final.
After defeating the likes of Angelique Kerber, Danielle Collins and Belinda Bencic, Osaka surrendered to current WTA number one Iga Swiatek in the last act of the tournament. The Japanese played her last match in Tokyo, last September, when she was forced to raise the white flag due to an abdominal problem.
Is Naomi Osaka already thinking about retiring?
Osaka was one of the first tennis players to talk about mental health in the sports world. The former world number one has repeatedly exposed the difficulties she has faced from this point of view.
Difficulties that could keep her away from tennis forever. Ben Rothenberg, well-known journalist of Racquet Magazine, will author the biography of Naomi Osaka, which will be released later this year. Rothenberg focused precisely on the future of the Japanese in an interview with the Australian media: “I don’t think she would use the word retirement.
But if she were to leave the world of sport for a certain period of time, I don’t think she would say it openly at high voice. Things aren’t working out for her right now. She knows the work and sacrifices that a full-time tennis player requires.
She’s won so much over the course of her career and she certainly wouldn’t settle for her to be outside the top 10 or top 20.” It is not the first time that the Osaka has decided to stop for a certain period, but the breaks have now become more and more frequent and sound a real alarm bell.
Only time will provide all tennis fans with the answers they need. Of course, tennis needs to have back a great star like the Japanese.
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Source : tennisworldusa
