The Japanese woman won her kick-off match at the WTA tournament in Melbourne on Tuesday 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3 against the Frenchwoman Alive Cornet. Osaka had ended the previous season prematurely after her third-rounded-out at the US Open at the beginning of September.
At that time she had announced a break from tennis and left open the time of her return. Already before, Osaka had made public that she suffers from depression phases and taken a break. She had waived Wimbledon 2021 and was early left at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
I really believed that I will not play for most of this year.
Naomi Osaka
She has a great goal for this year, the 24-year-old now said after her good two hours long match in the Rod Laver Arena — and the lute to have fun on the tennis court regardless of results. Her break of tennis had been shorter than expected. I really believed that I will not play for most of the time of this year, Osaka said, which currently occupies only rank 13 in the world ranking.
The WTA tournament in Melbourne, where you set to number one, is used to prepare for the Australian Open. At the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, Osaka will be launched as the defending champion from January 17.
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