{"id":5045,"date":"2024-09-25T18:05:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/china-open-naomi-osaka-wants-no-regrets-hiring-serena-williams-former-coach\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:05:40","slug":"china-open-naomi-osaka-wants-no-regrets-hiring-serena-williams-former-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/china-open-naomi-osaka-wants-no-regrets-hiring-serena-williams-former-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"China Open: Naomi Osaka wants ‘no regrets’ hiring Serena Williams’ former coach"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Naomi Osaka says she is at a stage in life where she “does not want to have regrets”, after hiring Patrick Mouratoglou as her new coach.<\/b><\/p>\n

Japan’s Osaka beat Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 6-2 at the China Open in her first match with Mouratoglou – formerly the long-time coach of Serena Williams – in her corner.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old split with Wim Fisette<\/a>, who she won two of her four Grand Slam titles with, earlier in September.<\/p>\n

Osaka said she was initially hesitant about working with Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

“The fact that he was Serena’s coach made me want to avoid him just because his persona is so big,” she said.<\/p>\n

“This isn’t rude because I found out it’s not true, but I didn’t know if he was a good coach or he coached Serena.<\/p>\n

“Then I met him, talked to him, worked with him on the court. He absolutely is a really good coach.”<\/p>\n

Osaka made her return from maternity leave in January but has struggled for consistency since.<\/p>\n

She has reached the quarter-finals in only two of the 16 tournaments she has played this season and has not gone past the second round of a Grand Slam. <\/p>\n

“I think I’m at a stage in my life that I don’t want to have regrets,” Osaka said of working with Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

“I’d rather pull the trigger on something and I don’t want to say ‘fail’, but I feel like I really need to learn as much as possible in this stage of my career.<\/p>\n

“I try not to get into relationships with people for the short term. I try to think of it as a long-term commitment.”<\/p>\n

Osaka is next in action against 21st seed Yulia Putintseva in the second round in Beijing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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