Naomi Osaka is having a rather bumpy ride in her still-young career. The Japanese sensation has indeed won 4 slams titles, but she keeps on struggling with periods of depression that are extremely tough on her mental health.
Naomi Osaka has admitted many times that she has been struggling with pressure and sometimes she just misses her sister Mari who has been with her for a long time.
Naomi Osaka’s sister
Mari Osaka is roughly one year older than Naomi. She has tried to be a top tennis player but she has never achieved Naomi’s results and she has recently declared her retirement from the sport.
Naomi and Mari are quite close. In a documentary broadcasted by Netflix, Naomi Osaka revealed that sometimes she misses her sister:
“My sister, I haven’t seen her in a few months. I miss her a lot, cause we grew up together. We were together every day until we were like 17. She helps me a lot, with like, the fashion stuff,” she said.
In a recent post on Instagram, Naomi also confessed: “The only person who can match my crazy, possibly exceed. Actually not possibly most definitely.”
Naomi Osaka’s schedules
Naomi had high hopes to have a great run at the current Olympic Games where she was one of the most admired athletes. Unfortunately, things didn’t go Naomi’s way and Osaka in the third round.
After her loss, Naomi Osaka was clearly distressed that and she said that she had no idea when she would be back to the tour. Naomi is still expected to defend her US Open title next month.
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Now the world no.2, the Japanese played her last match on the 27th of July when she lost to world no.42 Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Tokyo (draw).
This year Naomi achieved a compiled 16-4 match record. Naomi has won 1 title at the Australian Open.
