Naomi Osaka is still trying to wrap her head around playing as world number one
Naomi Osaka is still trying to wrap her head around playing as world number one
29 May 2019
The Japanese tennis player battled to a three-set win over Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the first round of the French Open.
She didn't take a game in the first set and then had to stave off elimination as her opponent tried to serve out the match.
Osaka says she's never been as nervous for a match and she struggled to control the game from her racquet.
She says the thoughts crossing her mind were that she might not have been able to sleep at night if she didn't change it.
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