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FILE – Naomi Osaka of Japan smiles throughout her first spherical match in opposition to Camila Osorio of Colombia on the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Naomi Osaka is pregnant and plans to return to competitors in 2024, the tennis star introduced Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. The previous world No. 1 posted a life replace Wednesday on social media, together with an image of an ultrasound. (AP Photograph/Simon Baker, File)
The 25-year-old introduced her being pregnant and mentioned that she can be again on the tennis court docket within the yr 2024
Former world primary Naomi Osaka introduced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and can be taking a break from tennis till 2024.
“I do know that I’ve a lot to stay up for sooner or later, one factor I’m wanting ahead to is for my child to observe my matches and inform somebody, ‘That’s my mother’ haha,” she wrote on Twitter, accompanied by an image of a being pregnant scan.
“2023 can be a yr stuffed with classes for me, and I hope I’ll see you guys firstly of the following one trigger I can be again on the Australian Open 2024. Love you all infinitely,” she added.
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The 25-year-old Osaka has not performed a tennis match since September and her withdrawal from the Australian Open, which begins subsequent week, had puzzled many observers.
Osaka had not defined her absence till Wednesday.
Her final event look was on the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September, the place the house favorite withdrew earlier than her second-round match, complaining of belly ache.
The highest-ranked participant on the earth in 2019, the Japanese participant, who grew up in america, is now ranked 47th on the earth.
Osaka has gained 4 Grand Slam singles titles with triumphs within the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021 and the US Open in 2018 and 2020.
She was named the world’s top-earning feminine athlete for 2022 by Forbes, with reported earnings of $51.1 million.
Her business success was not mirrored on the court docket final yr nonetheless as she suffered first-round defeats at each the French and US Opens and withdrew from Wimbledon with an Achilles harm.
“These few months away from the game have actually given me a brand new love and appreciation for the sport I’ve devoted my life to. I understand that life is so brief, and I don’t take any moments with no consideration; day by day is a brand new blessing and journey,” she wrote in her assertion on Wednesday.
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