“I don’t feel sad. It’s really weird. Well, it’s not weird, because I just feel like I did the best that I could,” Naomi Osaka said after her semifinal exit at this year’s US Open. Since parting ways with Patrick Mouratoglou and teaming up with Tomasz Wiktorowski, Iga Swiatek’s former coach, Naomi Osaka’s game seemed reborn under New York’s bright lights. But destiny twisted cruelly; her US Open heroics gave way to a shocking fall in Beijing, stunned by world No.130 Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Now, rising from the ashes in Wuhan, her fire burns again, yet fans remain divided as her reinvented game fuels fierce debate.
In a gripping three-set thriller, Naomi Osaka clawed her way past 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 at the Wuhan Open. The comeback queen once again sho