Naomi Osaka is pregnant and plans to return to competitors in 2024, the tennis star has introduced.
The previous world No.1 posted what she referred to as “a little bit life replace for 2023” on social media, together with an image of an ultrasound.
Naomi Osaka has introduced that she is pregnant.Credit score:AP
The 25-year-old Osaka has been relationship Cordae, a rapper, for years.
“I do know that I’ve a lot to sit up for sooner or later, one factor I’m trying ahead to is for my child to look at certainly one of my matches and inform somebody, ‘that’s my mother’,” Osaka wrote.
Osaka hasn’t performed a aggressive match since September and withdrew from the Australian Open, which begins on Monday. She has received that match twice, together with two US Open championships.
She has taken psychological well being breaks in recent times and didn’t play once more after the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, shortly after falling within the first spherical of the US Open. Osaka stated the few months away have given her “a brand new love and appreciation for the sport I’ve devoted my life to”.
Ash Barty, the 2022 Australian Open champion, introduced final week she was pregnant. She retired final 12 months whereas holding the No. 1 rating.
Osaka stated she would return to tennis and plans to be in Melbourne subsequent 12 months for the beginning of the Grand Slam season.
