How Naomi Osaka overcame mental battles and motherhood to make a comeback

Naomi Osaka’s comeback is no longer only about winning tennis matches. The four-time Grand Slam champion has rebuilt her career after stepping away from the sport for her mental health and then taking time off to have her daughter, Shai. Now ranked No. 13 in the world, Osaka is back among the leading players and recently reached her first Wimbledon quarterfinal. Her journey from a young girl learning tennis with her family to a mother competing at the highest level has changed how she sees success. For Osaka, tennis is now about joy, patience, family and showing her daughter what strength can look like.How did Leonard François and Tamaki Osaka help Naomi Osaka build her tennis careerNaomi Osaka’s story began with a family decision that shaped everything that followed. Her father, Leonard François, is Haitian, while her mother, Tamaki Osaka, is Japanese.