PARIS ¨C A few years ago, a defeat on a Grand Slam stage could have sent Naomi ?Osaka spiraling into self-doubt and isolation.
Now, after years marked by mental health struggles, long breaks from tennis and motherhood, the Japanese former world No. 1 walked away from Roland Garros with a positive perspective instead of pain.
Osaka¡¯s French Open campaign ended on Monday with a 7-5, 6-3 fourth-round defeat by top seed Aryna Sabalenka, but ?the 28-year-old left Paris describing herself as ¡°enlightened¡± and at peace with the emotional swings that once ?consumed her ?career.
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