| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September |
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4-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka goals to compete at January’s Australian Open and play “far more tournaments” than she used to when she returns after giving start.
The 25-year-old has not performed on the WTA Tour since September 2022.
“I do not know the extent of play and I feel I sort of should ease into it,” she informed ESPN on the US Open.
When requested if she had set a schedule for 2024, she replied: “It is undoubtedly far more tournaments than I used to play.
“I feel some folks will likely be pleased with that. I feel it is as a result of I do not realise how the start of the 12 months goes to go for me.
“On the very least I will set myself up for an excellent finish of the 12 months.”
Osaka stated she had “undoubtedly” missed competing and is eager to return.
“I have been watching matches and I am like, I want I used to be enjoying too,” she stated.
“However I am on this place now and I am very grateful. I actually love my daughter so much, nevertheless it has actually fuelled a fireplace in me.”
Osaka, who gained the US Open in 2018 and 2020, and the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021, was at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday to talk on a panel about psychological well being.
She has beforehand taken breaks from tennis to prioritise her psychological well being and spoken overtly in regards to the points she has confronted.
