4-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka is ready to return to tennis on the Brisbane Worldwide lower than six months after giving delivery.
Osaka, a former world No. 1, hasn’t performed on the WTA Tour since September 2022 and in July of this 12 months introduced the delivery of her first baby with American rapper Cordae.
“I’m actually enthusiastic about getting again out on court docket and competing,” the 26-year-old Osaka stated.
“I at all times love beginning my season in Brisbane and may’t wait to return. The Brisbane Worldwide is such an awesome match and can set me up for a superb comeback this summer time.”
The match runs from December 31, 2023, to January 7, 2024, and is used as a warm-up occasion for the Australian Open, the primary grand slam of the season.
Two of Osaka’s 4 grand slam titles have come Down Below, her most up-to-date victory coming in 2021.
On the French Open later that very same 12 months, the Japanese star revealed she had “suffered lengthy bouts of despair” since profitable her first grand slam title in 2018 and withdrew from the match.
Osaka stated in an interview with ESPN final month that she intends to play a busy schedule in 2024.
“It’s positively far more tournaments than I used to play,” she stated. “So, I believe some individuals shall be proud of that.
“I believe it’s as a result of I spotted that I don’t know the way the start of the 12 months goes to go for me. I don’t know the extent of play and I believe I’ve to ease into it.
“So on the very least, I’m going to set myself up for an excellent finish of the 12 months.”
On the boys’s facet of the draw, three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray has additionally confirmed that he’ll be competing in Brisbane, together with world No. 10 Holger Rune.
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