"I just wanna say I’m not preggos": Naomi Osaka opens up about 'traumatic' experience of becoming mother

Former world number one Naomi Osaka has stated that she is not looking forward to another ‘traumatic’ experience of becoming a mother again. The 26-year-old returned to the court earlier this year after spending more than 12 months on the sidelines after giving birth to her first child.

Osaka, in an interaction on a social media platform, revealed the reason behind not wanting to become a mother again. She stated that giving birth is a ‘traumatic’ experience. “I just wanna say I’m not preggos,” she said. “But if I was, I wouldn’t want many more because giving birth was traumatic.”

Osaka has found it hard to deliver consistent results on the court ever since she returned to the court earlier this year. Her most recent appearance was in the Cincinnati Open where she was knocked out in the qualifying stage after losing to America’s Ashlyn Krueger with a score of 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Before that, she participated in the Canadian Open where she was knocked out of the mega-event after losing to Elise Mertens of Belgium in the round of 32 in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4.

Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam winner. Her first major title was the US Open in 2018 when she defeated former world number one America’s Serena Williams in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-4. She then lifted the Australian Open in 2019 after beating Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova with a score of 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4. Her third major title was the US Open in 2020 where she defeated former world number one Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka in the final with a score of 1–6, 6–3, 6–3. Her last big triumph was the Australian Open in 2021 where she got the better of America’s Jennifer Brady in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-3.