Overview

• Osaka defeated Karolina Muchova to return to the US Open semifinals, marking her first major semifinal since giving birth.
• The run set up a semifinal against No. 8 seed Amanda Anisimova in New York.
• Her mother, Tamaki, was shown in tears after the Muchova win, a moment widely shared by fans and broadcasters.
• Osaka stepped away from competition for roughly 14 months around daughter Shai’s July 2023 birth and later announced a January 2025 split with Cordae while committing to co‑parenting.
• Her parents, Haitian-born Leonard Francois and Japanese-born Tamaki Osaka, coached and supported her early career and decided she would represent Japan.