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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 30: Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates against Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their Women’s Singles first round match on Day One of the 2021 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 30, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 30: Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates against Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic during their Women’s Singles first round match on Day One of the 2021 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 30, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
Naomi Osaka took some time off from tennis after the French Open last year and didn’t play at Wimbledon as well. However, she did play at the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open, but her performances weren’t reflective of her usual standards, after which she took another break. She made a much-awaited return during the Australian summer and looked like her former self on and off the court, despite her early exit from the Australian Open.
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In the meantime, the Japanese player has been pretty active on social media. Naomi has been doing some commercial shooting, along with releasing her new manga series and much more. Recently, the 4-time Grand Slam champion, Naomi Osaka, reacted to Rihanna’s Instagram post.
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Tennis – A Day at the Drive Exhibition – Memorial Drive Tennis Club, Adelaide, Australia – Japan’s Naomi Osaka reacts during her match against Serena Williams of the U.S. at A Day at The Drive REUTERS/Morgan Sette
Naomi Osaka reacts to Rihanna’s adorable baby bump
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The world-famous singer, Rihanna is currently expecting a baby with rapper A$AP Rocky. The 33-year-old singer posted some pictures of her cute baby bump on Instagram. In the caption of post, Rihanna wrote, “how the gang pulled up to black history month.”
The picture garnered many reactions from celebrities all around the world. Incidentally, Naomi Osaka also reacted to that post with a couple of cute emojis on her Instagram story.
It looks like Naomi is clearly in love with the pictures of Rihanna showing her beautiful baby bump.
Can Naomi return to her best level in 2022?
After starting the year 2021 in great fashion, Naomi’s performance graph gradually went down last year. Naomi took some time off from tennis, as she revealed she had been struggling with mental health issues.
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Because of her lack of appearances and recent performances, Naomi dropped to 85th place in the WTA rankings.
Serving up a stylish callback 🦋 @naomiosaka • #AusOpen • #AO2022 • #AOStyle pic.twitter.com/Vpdk0aIVX3
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) February 2, 2022
Before losing to Amanda Anisimova in the third round, her performances showed a glimpse of her former self. If Osaka can play regularly on the tour and win some WTA events, she will definitely get her confidence back. Then, she can perform well in the Grand Slam events.
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