Naomi Osaka: 'I can't wait for everything to happen all at once'

preserve her mental health

I wouldn't say that I feel better, because I don't like them suffering, they are also going through difficulties.

I'm not happy about that.

I think it's an interesting experience to walk around the Olympic Village and people would come up to me and say thank you.

Athletes eventually go through the same stages, but don't necessarily talk about it

It was a very difficult match, with a lot of anticipation these last days. I tried not to think about it too much but when I arrived before the match, I was very stressed because it's a very difficult first round

I made every effort possible.

I think I had a bit of bad luck.

I didn't have the opportunity to play enough matches before coming to this tournament.

I made some bad decisions at times, but overall it's not that bad.

Sometimes I have " what more do you want

I am very grateful at the level of the public;

I felt a lot of energy.

It was great fun to play on this court, even though I didn't win.

I would say that the decision affects my decision to go on the grass: I'm not 100% sure that I will go.

I'd like to go there to get experience on grass, but at the same time, it's kind of pointless.

I'm the type of player that's motivated by my rankings progress and things like that.

I was injured on this surface and it scares me.

I tell myself that I will have to overcome my fears.

I will see how the decisions will evolve, because I am sure that there will be discussions regarding the question of points.

Then I will make my decision.

“I'm just going to keep working hard with my nose to the grindstone.

That's what I did this year.

I can't expect everything to happen all at once.

Gradually, I will have the results I expect.

In Miami (finalist), I was like “stay calm, do your best on every point” and see where it goes.

It got me to the final.

I want to continue to keep this state of mind.

Even training, I will do my best.

I hope that at the end of my career, people will be able to say to themselves: “she did her best on every point”.

There will be 10 million players more talented than me, but I hope people can say to themselves: “she did her best, she had fun”