(VIDEO) Putting in the work: Osaka shares footage from training while still pregnant with daughter

Naomi Osaka shared a video of herself training while still pregnant with her daughter.

The Japanese tennis player has been absent from WTA tournaments throughout 2023 due to her pregnancy and the subsequent birth of her daughter. However, she has already announced her intention to return to competitive level in 2024.

At 25 years old, Osaka aims to reclaim top rankings and secure victories in significant tournaments, similar to her early years as a professional player. She reached world No. 1 and won 4 Grand Slam titles, a feat shared only by Iga Swiatek, and surpassed by Venus Williams (with 7 titles) among active female players.

Osaka's determination to regain her place among the world's best had her training even before giving birth to her daughter, as she shared in a video on TikTok.

"Vids in my camera roll from when I was preggos lol," Osaka wrote in a video that shows various clips of her training on different tennis courts.

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Naomi Osaka lost nearly all of her WTA ranking points and currently sits at world No. 601. Furthermore, she will drop out of the rankings in September when she loses the points she earned for reaching the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Open.

Throughout her 2022 season, Osaka struggled to find her form, and her last victory was against Zheng Qinwen in the first round of the Stanford Open in early August.

Since winning the 2021 Australian Open, Osaka has not achieved the level of success that was expected of her. In the 2022 Miami Open, she managed to progress through several rounds and reached the final, only to be defeated by Iga Swiatek. This marks the last time she secured more than one consecutive victory.

Osaka has won seven titles in her career, including the Osaka Open, Indian Wells, Beijing, US Open (2018, 2020), and Australian Open (2019, 2021).