ROME — A year and a half into her comeback from giving birth, Naomi Osaka didn’t expect to be losing first-round matches on the WTA Tour. She didn’t expect to have to drop down into the ...

After a 15-month break, four-time major champion Naomi Osaka plays at the Australian Open this week. And with the birth of her daughter has come a renewed love for the sport.

Naomi Osaka, preparing to compete in her first tennis tournament since the Tokyo Olympics, briefly took a break during a pre-tournament news conference on Monday after she started crying.

Ms. Osaka’s sister, Mari, a former professional tennis player, indicated that Naomi Osaka’s anxiety was caused in part by her struggles to win on clay courts like the one at the French Open.

Gilles Moretton, French Tennis Federation president, said in a statement the FFT was “sorry and sad for Naomi Osaka.” “The outcome of Naomi withdrawing from Roland-Garros is unfortunate.

ROME — A year and a half into her comeback from giving birth, Naomi Osaka didn’t expect to be losing first-round matches on the WTA Tour. She didn’t expect to have to drop down into the ...

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 02: Naomi Osaka returns a shot against Qinwen Zheng during the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at Spartan Tennis Complex in San Jose, Calif ...

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka intends to return to professional tennis in 2024, the 25-year-old said in an interview with ESPN on Wednesday. The four-time major champion – who welcomed a baby ...

Naomi Osaka, one of the world’s greatest tennis players, should give herself permission to step away from the court. For real this time.

Roland Garros Naomi—or, “Clayomi”—Osaka: The Great Reset Roland Garros once broke Osaka. Now, the hard-court titan is learning to embrace its signature surface. By Peter Bodo Published May ...

As a tennis former world number one, four-time Grand Slam winner, and one of the highest paid women in sports, Naomi Osaka is used to having her moves documented—be it in her training sessions ...