Osaka said the increase in her schedule for next year will be due to the unknown surrounding how she will play once she returns to action.
“Honestly I think it’s because I realized I don’t know how the beginning of the year is going to go for me,” she said during the sit-down. “I don’t know the level of play and I think I kind of have to ease into it. At the very least I’m going to set myself up for a very good end of the year.”
Naomi Osaka speaks during a forum on mental health during the U.S. Open tennis championships on Wednesday.Prior to that, she wasThe 25-year-old said that she has been doing “a lot of training” and said that she was even training during her pregnancy. Being back at the U.S. Open amid her time away from tennis, she said, further reignited the desire to get back on the court.
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