While Osaka’s terre battue training block didn’t bear fruit at the Caja Mágica, she’ll hope her decision to drop down a level proves to be. After losing to Bronzetti, whom she beat twice in 2024, on her least-favored surface, a disappointed Osaka candidly posted on social media: “Trust the process, but the process isn’t trusting me.”
But quickly, she rebounded, and shared more positive sentiments about her continuing comeback from maternity leave and a mental-health hiatus, which began last January. Osaka has recorded a 9-5 win-loss record so far this season, with an abdominal injury disrupting her efforts.
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“I’m done with my crashout,” she wrote on Wednesday. “I refuse to be sad, I rebuke it.”
“I lowkey have short-term memory loss so I don’t stay discouraged for long,” Osaka added in a follow-up post. “We woke up this morning, we’re blessed, we’re healthy and we’re happy.”
After competing in Saint-Malo, Osaka will head to the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome for another WTA 1000 event.
