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Patrick Mouratoglou believes Naomi Osaka’s 2024 return is “the best news for women’s tennis” as Serena Williams’ former coach thinks the Japanese can challenge the current group of top players and do some big things. Osaka, who is a four-time Grand Slam champion and a former world No 1, missed the entire 2023 season due to pregnancy.
Osaka, 26, welcomed her first child in July and since then she has been preparing for her comeback, which starts at the Brisbane International between December 31 – January 07. Ahead of her comeback, Osaka has underlined several times that she will be extremely motivated and determined to win Grand Slams and achieve major success as her goal is to make her daughter proud.
“It’s the best news for women’s tennis. Now you have Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka – not that there are no others because of course there are many others, but those two are super-exciting. They are superstars, so they’re great for the WTA.
The WTA needs superstars. We had so many great years with Serena, Venus (Williams) and Maria Sharapova, who are three really huge stars. It draws a lot of attention to women’s tennis when you have players like that. So I’m very…
