Amidst Growing Concerns About Her Tennis Performance, Naomi Osaka Shares Cryptic Message With a Rare Personal Photo

The four-time Grand Slam winner, Naomi Osaka, has endured a tough season with very little success on the tour. Naomi Osaka is one of the most successful players among the current generation. Along with securing four major titles in her nascent career, the Japanese has lately been very vocal about various issues on her social media accounts. On the occasion of her birthday, Osaka sent a candid message to her fans on social media.

On October 16th, the two-time US Open champion received countless birthday wishes from fans across the globe.

Naomi Osaka shares a cryptic message for her fans

The Japanese star shared a message of gratitude and an old photo of herself on the eve of her 25th birthday. Osaka wrote a big thank you note for her fans in the caption while sharing a photograph of her childhood.

The four-time Grand Slam champ captioned her birthday post, “Just like that a quarter century has passed for me and I feel really lucky to have encountered so many different people and travelled to so many exciting places in that time.”

Naomi Osaka further added how she always expects herself to be more put together or to be more of an adult. She also reinforced, “I’ve realized though that a lot of things you can’t rush and it will all come eventually through the experience of living life… Love you and I’m sure I’ll see you around ❤️”

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Despite finishing second at the Miami Open, Naomi Osaka has not reached the quarterfinals of any major tournament this year and will not play in another tournament in 2022. However, the 25-year-old teased that she could make a comeback at the Australian Open in January 2023.

Osaka has advocated for mental health and racial justice in the past

In 2020, when news spread of police brutality against African-Americans, Osaka withdrew from the 2020 Cincinnati Open. She was instrumental in bringing attention to Jacob Blake, a man who was a victim of police brutality.

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Osaka also protested against the killing of George Floyd by wearing a mask with his name during the US Open 2020. Moreover, by skipping press conferences at the 2021 French Open and withdrawing from the tournament entirely to address her mental health problems, Naomi Osaka sparked a broader discussion of mental health issues among athletes.