Former world primary Naomi Osaka introduced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and shall be taking a break from tennis till 2024. “I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one thing I’m looking forward to is for my kid to watch my matches and tell someone, ‘That’s my mom’ haha,” she wrote on Twitter, accompanied by an image of a being pregnant scan.

“2023 will be a year full of lessons for me, and I hope I’ll see you guys at the start of the next one cause I will be back at the Australian Open 2024. Love you all infinitely,” she added.

Can’t wait to get again on the court docket however here is a bit life replace for 2023. pic.twitter.com/GYXRnutU3I

— NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) January 11, 2023

The 25-year-old Osaka has not performed a tennis match since September and her withdrawal from the Australian Open, which begins subsequent week, had puzzled many observers. Osaka had not defined her absence till Wednesday.

Her final event look was on the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September, the place the house favorite withdrew earlier than her second-round match, complaining of belly ache. The prime ranked participant on the planet in 2019, the Japanese participant, who grew up within the United States, is now ranked forty seventh on the planet.

Osaka has received 4 Grand Slam singles titles with triumphs within the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021 and the US Open in 2018 and 2020. She was named the world’s top-earning feminine athlete for 2022 by Forbes, with reported earnings of $51.1 million.

Her industrial success was not mirrored on the court docket final yr nevertheless as she suffered first-round defeats at each the French and US Opens and withdrew from Wimbledon with an Achilles harm.

“These few months away from the sport have really given me a new love and appreciation for the game I’ve dedicated my life to. I realize that life is so short, and I don’t take any moments for granted; every day is a new blessing and adventure,” she wrote in her assertion on Wednesday.

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