Overview

• In "Naomi Osaka: The Second Set," she says she experienced extremely strong postpartum depression and did not know how to handle it.
• She describes losing her sense of self and feeling her world was "trapped in gray."
• She says she had been warned about the postpartum period yet believed she could avoid symptoms, which proved wrong.
• Osaka previously disclosed depression and anxiety in 2021 and took a prolonged break to safeguard her mental health.
• She gave birth to daughter Shai in July 2023, returned to the tour about a year later, and is scheduled to face Belgium’s Greet Minnen in the US Open first round on Tuesday.