{"id":288949,"date":"2023-09-07T05:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T05:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288949"},"modified":"2023-09-07T05:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T05:51:41","slug":"naomi-osaka-announces-she-will-play-at-the-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/naomi-osaka-announces-she-will-play-at-the-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka announces she will play at the Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Naomi Osaka announces her long-awaited return to tennis after year out to have a baby&#8230; as the two-time Grand Slam champion reveals she will play &#8216;way more tournaments&#8217; than before<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Naomi Osaka should enjoy a return to Melbourne &#8211; where she won back in 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 25-year-old has not played on the WTA tennis tour since September of 2022\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Naomi Osaka has confirmed she will play at the Australian Open in the new year ahead of her long-awaited return to the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osaka\u00a0returned to Flushing Meadows Wednesday afternoon to speak at a mental health forum at the US Open and spoke to ESPN, where she divulged her imminent on-court plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A two-time champion at the Grand Slam, Osaka has not made an on-court appearance since September 2022. Though, appearing in\u00a0Melbourne\u00a0at the beginning of 2024 will be something of a happy return for the &#8217;19 and &#8217;21 champ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked on ESPN if she would be playing at the Aussie grand slam, Osaka confirmed as much.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s definitely way more tournaments than I used to play,&#8217; Osaka said of her upcoming schedule. &#8216;So I think some people will be happy with that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/03\/75134615-12490037-Naomi_Osaka_returned_to_the_US_Open_Wednesday-a-12_1694053867218.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/03\/75134601-12490037-The_two_time_champion_spoke_at_a_mental_health_forum-a-13_1694053867219.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Naomi Osaka returned to the US Open Wednesday afternoon to speak at a mental health forum<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/03\/75150683-12490037-image-a-15_1694053914111.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Japanese-American is a two-time Australian Open champion, winning in 2019 and 2021<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/03\/74832503-12490037-The_25_year_old_shared_a_series_of_photos_and_videos_of_her_work-a-14_1694053872607.jpg\" height=\"740\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old shared a series of photos and videos of her working out after giving birth\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explaining why her plans to play more exist, Osaka detailed it was due to uncertainty as to how she will perform post-childbirth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Honestly I think it&#8217;s because I realized I don&#8217;t know how the beginning of the year is going to go for me,&#8217; she told the four-letter network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been watching matches and I&#8217;m like I kind of wish I was playing too. But I&#8217;m in this position now and I&#8217;m very grateful. I really love my daughter a lot, but I think it really fueled a fire in me.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She gave birth to her daughter Shai with her American rapper boyfriend Cordae in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know the level of play and I think I kind of have to ease into it. At the very least I&#8217;m going to set myself up for a very good end of the year.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osaka withdrew from the 2021 French Open, revealing that she has previously struggled with depression after her refusal to give post-match interviews had been criticized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January she announced she was pregnant before revealing in June said she was expecting a girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has been in a relationship with the Grammy-nominated Cordae since 2019. Last week, Osaka shared photos and clips of her working out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12490037\/Naomi-Osaka-announces-play-Australian-Open-two-time-champ-prepares-return-year-long-absence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naomi Osaka announces her long-awaited return to tennis after year out to have a baby&#8230; as the two-time Grand Slam champion reveals she will play &#8216;way more tournaments&#8217; than before Naomi Osaka should enjoy a return to Melbourne &#8211; where she won back in 2021\u00a0 The 25-year-old has not played on the WTA tennis tour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naomi Osaka announces she will play at the Australian Open - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/tennis\/naomi-osaka-announces-she-will-play-at-the-australian-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naomi Osaka announces she will play at the Australian Open - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naomi Osaka announces her long-awaited return to tennis after year out to have a baby&#8230; 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