Naomi Osaka announced on Monday the end of his collaboration with Patrick Mouratoglou. Under the thumb of the French coach, who had been leading her for less than a year, the Japanese woman had notably won the Saint-Malo tournament and reached the final in Auckland.
Naomi Osaka (27) and Patrick Mouratoglou, it’s over. After less than a year of collaboration, the Japanese announced this Monday on her social networks that she had decided to separate from the French coach, which she nevertheless wanted to thank and to whom she wishes good luck. “Thank you Patrick, it was a great experience to learn by your side. I wish you the best “writes the former world number 1, which will obviously have an excellent memory of the former Serena Williams.
“You are one of the coolest people I have met, I am sure that we will meet again”,
Concludes the young mother, currently ranked 49th in the world. Osaka did not reveal the reasons which led him to put an end so quickly to his collaboration with Mouratoglou. However, there is a lot to think that the player, who aspires after giving birth in 2023 to a small shai (her first child), did not obtain the results she expected from Mouratoglou. Especially in major meetings.
Disappointing high school results …
Thus, if the quadruple winner in Grand Chelem (Editor’s note: she won the US Open twice and the Australian Open twice also) reached the final in Auckland and won the Saint-Malo tournament last May-her only title this season for the moment-to which she had been invited at the last minute and where she remained on an entrance elimination in 2024 in adults.
His last two outdoor outings attest to this, with an outing in the third round in Wimbledon (beaten by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova) and a defeat as soon as she entered Roland-Garros, against Paula Badosa. For her last test disputed as a player still trained by Mouratoglou, last week in Washington, the Japanese woman had stopped prematurely there too (2nd round) after bowing against Emma Raducanu.
