'I think she would sense that that would raise a lot of bells and whistles' theSun theSundaily osaka australiaopen japenese sports
This file photo taken on September 20, 2022 shows Naomi Osaka of Japan hitting a return against Daria Saville of Australia during their women’s singles match on day two of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo/AFPPix: Naomi Osaka has not played a tennis match since September and her withdrawal from next week’s Australian Open has raised concerns that the former world number one may never appear on court again.
But there has been little evidence of the Japanese player spending time practising on court, fuelling speculation that the four-time Grand Slam champion’s tennis career could be over at the age of 25. “I don’t think she would use the word ‘retiring’, but if she was stepping away from the sport for a while -- and it could be for any length of time -- I don’t know that she would want to speak that out loud.- ‘More down than up’ -
She also split from long-time coach Wim Fissette last summer, replacing him with her father Leonard Francois. Osaka has several interests outside of playing tennis, including her sports management agency Evolve, which counts Jabeur and Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios among its clients. Osaka was named the world’s top-earning woman athlete for 2022 by Forbes, with reported earnings of $51.1 million, even as her tennis career continued to dive.
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