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Sick Osaka hopes to be OK by Australian Open
PERTH, Australia — Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Naomi Osaka is feeling under the weather at the United Cup.
After losing her first match for Japan against Greece's Maria Sakkari on Friday, Osaka said she got "really sick" over the holiday period and wasn't operating at 100% during the 6-4, 6-2 loss.
Osaka was coughing at times during the match and appeared to lack energy. She said she likely caught an illness from her 2-year-old daughter Shai.
"I have been dealing with some health stuff, so I'm kind of just happy to be out here right now," Osaka said. "It's not serious, but I'm not operating at the percent that I want to be operating at, which kind of sucks, because I had a really good offseason so I thought I was going to do really well here."
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PERTH, Australia — Prior to Japan's press conference at the first media day of the United Cup in Perth, Naomi Osaka noticed Switzerland's Belinda Bencic with her 1-year-old daughter on the court.
"I thought that was really, really cute, and it made me think of my daughter, as well," Osaka said.
After a 2025 season that saw Osaka rise from No. 57 to No. 16 in the PIF WTA Rankings, the four-time Grand Slam champion learned more about the balance of offseason training and her role as a mother.
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Osaka 'dealing with some health stuff' ahead of Australian Open
Naomi Osaka went down 6-4, 6-2 to Maria Sakkari at the United Cup in Perth. (AAP: Richard Wainwright)
Naomi Osaka says she is battling an illness ahead of the Australian Open.
Osaka struggled in her 6-4, 6-2 loss to Maria Sakkari at the United Cup on Friday night.
The four-time major winner says she began feeling ill over the Christmas period.
Former world number one Naomi Osaka says she is not at full health following her straight-sets loss to Maria Sakkari at the United Cup.
Just over two weeks out from the Australian Open, Osaka was coughing at times during her 6-4, 6-2 defeat to world number 52 Sakkari in Perth on Friday night.
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