Overview

• Osaka says she experienced “extremely bad” postpartum depression after giving birth in July 2023, describing feeling like a “shell” in a clip from Naomi Osaka: The Second Set.
• She tells People she once assumed motherhood would end her career but decided to keep playing so her daughter, Shai, could see her compete.
• Osaka recalls intense stress during pregnancy and feeling she had to do “whatever it took” to play, a mindset she now views as stubborn but ultimately did not act on.
• Since returning five months after childbirth, she has reached finals in Auckland and Montreal and re-entered the top tier of the rankings without a post-maternity major title.
• She is entered in the US Open as a seeded player and is slated to face Greet Minnen in the first round.