Naomi Osaka says the hardest thing to accept about her 2025 season is feeling that she could have easily made a deep Australian Open run, but instead of kicking off her year with a bang, she found herself treating an injury and going from scratch again.
Naomi Osaka is ready to play her first tournament since retiring injured at the Australian Open as the former world No. 1 is due to meet Camila Osorio in the Indian Wells first round. After a promising start to the year and reaching the Auckland final in her opening tournament of the year,
For nearly fifty years, the WTA rankings, first introduced in 1975, have chronicled the extraordinary feats of women's tennis—from Martina Navratilova's unmatched 167-title haul to Steffi Graf's record-breaking 377-week reign at the top.
Osaka looked to be rediscovering her best tennis before injury ended her run at the Australian Open. Her coach explains how she did it.