Naomi Osaka delighted to have father again in teaching position

Naomi Osaka stated she is worked up to have her father again as coach after splitting with Wim Fissette because the four-time Grand Slam champion returns from an Achilles harm that dominated her out of the grasscourt season.

The Silicon Valley Classic, the place Osaka will play Zheng Qinwen within the first spherical, is her first occasion after ending a three-year partnership with Belgian Fissette, who guided her to wins within the 2020 U.S. Open and the Australian Open the next season.

Osaka, 24, stated they parted on good phrases and all she wanted was some contemporary power.

“It was really good times with Wim and he’s a really amazing coach,” she advised reporters. “He’s a very ambitious guy. I was getting injured and I’m sure he would have wanted to go to Wimbledon. “So it was two different mindsets, I would say. But he’s a really cool guy still.”

Osaka’s father, Leonard Francois, beforehand served as her major coach till the 2018 season.

“I wanted to bring my dad back because he always makes me think outside the box,” added the previous world primary.

“Whenever I think something is really bad he always makes me realise that things are much more positive than they seem. When I get stressed out he starts dancing or something to make me feel better.”

Injuries and poor type have seen Osaka slip to 41 on the earth rankings, with the 2021 triumph at Melbourne Park her final title on Tour.