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Four-time major champion Naomi Osaka says she is “learning a lot of lessons” from being a mum and hopes these skills can lead to French Open success.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Japanese player has been reunited with her 10-month-old daughter Shai in Paris after spending five weeks apart during the European clay-court swing.<\/p>\n
Osaka agreed when asked if being a good clay-court player required similar skills – patience, resilience and adaptability – to being a mother.<\/p>\n
“That’s a funny question, but I do think mums do have to be all of those things,” said the former world number one.<\/p>\n
“There are people that are naturally like that anyway. <\/p>\n
“But for me, I am learning a lot of lessons through motherhood, and I hope that I can remember to apply them on the tennis court.”<\/p>\n
On being reunited with Shai, she added: “Being away from her was really tough, but I called her every day. <\/p>\n
“I saw how well she was doing and I saw how happy she was, so that made me happy too.<\/p>\n
“Yesterday she walked for the first time, so I was really happy about that. It’s really cool to have her here.”<\/p>\n
Each of Osaka’s major triumphs have come on hard courts – at the US Open in 2018 and 2020, and the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n
Osaka has never been past the last 32 on the Roland Garros clay.<\/p>\n
Having returned from maternity leave in January, Osaka is ranked 134th in the world and reached the last 16 on the clay at the Italian Open last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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