{"id":289804,"date":"2023-09-06T19:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289804"},"modified":"2023-09-06T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:33:59","slug":"naomi-osaka-joins-us-open-mental-health-forum-with-michael-phelps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/naomi-osaka-joins-us-open-mental-health-forum-with-michael-phelps\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka joins US Open mental health forum with Michael Phelps"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Naomi Osaka returns to the US Open to join mental health forum with Michael Phelps &#8211; two months after the birth of her baby girl<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Osaka joined\u00a0US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Olympian Michael Phelps<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The four-time Grand Slam winner welcomed her daughter with Cordae in July\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Naomi Osaka returned to Flushing Meadows Wednesday afternoon to speak at a mental health forum at the US Open.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A two-time champion at the Grand Slam, Osaka has not made an on-court appearance in New York this year after giving birth to her daughter\u00a0Shai with her rapper boyfriend Cordae in July.<\/p>\n<p>However, fans were treated to a glimpse of the four-time Grand Slam winner as she made a guest appearance at the US Open on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osaka was back in Queens, the site of her first Grand Slam win in 2018, to participate in a forum to discuss mental health struggles alongside\u00a0US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and American Olympic icon\u00a0Michael Phelps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese tennis star has publicly spoken about her own battles with mental health on and off the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75134615-12488467-Naomi_Osaka_returned_to_the_US_Open_Wednesday-a-209_1694024191276.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75134601-12488467-The_two_time_champion_spoke_at_a_mental_health_forum-a-210_1694024191349.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Naomi Osaka returned to the US Open Wednesday afternoon to speak at a mental health forum<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75134613-12488467-Osaka_sat_on_the_panel_with_US_Surgeon_General_Vivek_Murthy_left-a-212_1694024191479.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Osaka sat on the panel with\u00a0US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (left) and Michael Phelps (right)<\/p>\n<p>She withdrew from the 2021 French Open, revealing that she has previously struggled with depression after her refusal to give post-match interviews had been criticized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I never wanted to be a distraction and I accept that my timing was not ideal and my message could have been clearer. More importantly, I would never trivialize mental health or use the term lightly,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Anyone that knows me knows I&#8217;m introverted, and anyone that has seen me at the tournaments will notice that I&#8217;m often wearing headphones as that helps dull my social anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Though the tennis press has always been kind to me (and I wanna apologize especially to all the cool journalists who I may have hurt), I am not a natural public speaker and get huge waves of anxiety before I speak to the world&#8217;s media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I get really nervous and find it stressful to always try to engage and give you the best answers I can.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After a shock defeat at the US Open to Leylah Fernandez in 2021, she tearfully said: &#8216;I honestly don&#8217;t know when I&#8217;m going to play my next tennis match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think I&#8217;m going to take a break from playing for a while.\u00a0I feel like when I win I don&#8217;t feel happy, I feel relief. And when I lose I feel very sad. And I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s normal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Osaka announced she was pregnant in January and in June said she was expecting a girl.\u00a0She has been in a relationship with Grammy-nominated American rapper Cordae since 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75134605-12488467-The_four_time_Grand_Slam_winner_listens_to_23_time_Olympic_gold_-a-213_1694024191522.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam winner listens to 23-time Olympic gold medalist Phelps\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75134607-12488467-image-a-6_1694022619854.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Osaka has previously publicly opened up about her own struggles with mental health\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/39503410-12488467-She_has_been_in_a_relationship_with_rapper_Cordae_since_2019_The-a-7_1694022637214.jpg\" height=\"796\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She has been in a relationship with rapper Cordae since 2019. The couple pictured in 2020<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/73098917-12488467-She_had_announced_that_she_was_expecting_a_baby_girl_with_the_ra-a-8_1694022650020.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She had announced that she was expecting a baby girl with the rap star in June<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/73184775-12488467-Osaka_uploaded_her_first_social_media_post_since_giving_birth_to-a-214_1694024191530.jpg\" height=\"783\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Osaka uploaded her first social media post since giving birth to baby girl, Shai, in July\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/73184771-12488467-Osaka_shared_five_pictures_in_July_after_giving_birth_including_-a-211_1694024191358.jpg\" height=\"790\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Osaka shared five pictures in July after giving birth, including photo of her in the hospital<\/p>\n<p>Osaka admitted she thought her career would be over after welcoming a child but following the birth of her daughter said she is motivated to do well to be an inspiration for her child.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osaka, who will turn 26 in October, hasn&#8217;t played tennis since September 2022 but is now targeting a return at the Australian Open in January 2024 and recently shared an Instagram post of her hitting the comeback trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Actually, there was a lot of pressure I felt for me, she said on the Mountaintop Conversation podcast, via Tennis World. &#8216;For me, I always had the assumption that if you have a kid, it&#8217;s basically the end of your career.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t really see a lot of women on the tennis tour with kids. They are usually a bit older, and it just seems like a very hard taxing on your body. I just never really thought if I had a kid, I&#8217;d go back on the tour.<\/p>\n<p>But I feel like it was a magical moment for me. It just made me think of all the things I love and appreciate and it just made me really want to work hard. I&#8217;ve played tennis since I was three and I want to appreciate the time that I can still play.<\/p>\n<p>In my head, I wondered why guys younger than me or around the same age as me are able to have kids and they&#8217;re kind of just walking around like &#8216;Everything is fine!&#8217;. And it irritated me a lot because I was more accomplished than them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/74832501-12488467-Tennis_star_Naomi_Osaka_hit_the_comeback_trail_this_week_as_she_-a-10_1694022661441.jpg\" height=\"795\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The tennis star hit the comeback trail last month as she plots a return to the court<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/74832503-12488467-The_25_year_old_shared_a_series_of_photos_and_videos_of_her_work-a-11_1694022665907.jpg\" height=\"740\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old shared a series of photos and videos of her working out after giving birth\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/74832505-12488467-The_four_time_Grand_Slam_winner_was_working_hard_a_month_after_w-a-12_1694022670435.jpg\" height=\"756\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grand Slam winner was working hard a month after welcoming her baby girl\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They weren&#8217;t dealing with any of the repercussions that women have if they need to have a kid so that kind of softened the pressure for me,&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In July, Osaka\u00a0shared five pictures with the first photo showing her daughter in a tennis-themed outfit with her face hidden.<\/p>\n<p>Her child was wearing a white all-in-one with embroidered green and pink tennis rackets and tennis balls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also shared a snap of her baby bump, of herself in the hospital bed as well as a picture from her celebrations back home &#8211; complete with pink balloons and rose petals.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12488467\/Naomi-Osaka-returns-Open-join-mental-health-forum-Michael-Phelps-two-months-birth-baby-girl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naomi Osaka returns to the US Open to join mental health forum with Michael Phelps &#8211; two months after the birth of her baby girl Osaka joined\u00a0US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Olympian Michael Phelps The four-time Grand Slam winner welcomed her&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Naomi Osaka joins US Open mental health forum with Michael Phelps - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/naomi-osaka-joins-us-open-mental-health-forum-with-michael-phelps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naomi Osaka joins US Open mental health forum with Michael Phelps - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naomi Osaka returns to the US Open to join mental health forum with Michael Phelps &#8211; 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