Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.
Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon return got here with a facet of self-doubt.
The four-time Grand Slam champion crashed out of her second-round matchup towards American teen sensation Emma Navarro, 6-4, 6-1, in a 58-minute clobbering that ended her first Wimbledon match since 2019.
“I didn’t really feel absolutely assured in myself. These doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent,” Osaka, who has publicly detailed her struggles with psychological well being, informed reporters. “I didn’t really feel like I used to be taking part in that nicely. I suppose, like, these doubts began trickling in loads into my sport. Clearly the second set wasn’t that nice.
“I really feel like for me, I don’t know… I don’t know why these ideas have been so prevalent, yeah.”
The Japanese star, again on the tour after a 15-month maternity break, has not been in a position to get previous the second spherical in consecutive tournaments, although she did give World No. 1 Iga Swiatek a scare on the clay courts on the French Open final month.
No matter confidence she might have gained by beating Diane Parry within the first spherical of Wimbledon got here undone towards Navarro, the match’s nineteenth seed, as Osaka was damaged within the seventh sport of the primary set after 4 errors.
“I do know that my final clay courtroom match was actually good,” she mentioned, smiling. “So I’d find yourself liking that floor much more than grass now.”
New York native Navarro, nonetheless, dominated her solution to victory and a third-round matchup that has but to be decided.
“Naomi’s clearly a terrific participant, it’s nice to have her again,’ Navarro mentioned on courtroom. “I clearly needed to get the win in the present day, (and) performed some actually good tennis at occasions. It’s my first time on Centre Courtroom. It doesn’t actually appear to be actual.”
For Osaka, who entered the match ranked 113th, its the top of the street at Wimbledon — for this yr, at the very least.
“I’m a bit disillusioned as a result of I needed to do very well,” she mentioned. “I really feel like I put quite a lot of time into it. There’s all the time subsequent yr, so…”
The 26-year-old will flip her focus to daughter Shai, who turns 1 this week, and the upcoming Paris Olympics, the place she’s going to compete for Japan.