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Naomi Osaka Shares Rare Photos with Daughter Shai in Sweet New Year's Post: 'Cutest Girl in the World'

Naomi Osaka shared some rare photos of her daughter Shai in a sweet New Year's post on Instagram, calling the toddler the "cutest girl in the world."

On Wednesday, Jan. 1, the tennis pro, 27 — who welcomed her first child with rapper Cordae, also 27, in July 2023 — shared a carousel of photos on Instagram featuring her daughter, without showing the toddler's face, to mark the end of 2024. Osaka — who is currently competing in the 2025 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand — rarely shares snaps of her daughter on social media, but has been open about the struggles she faced through pregnancy and since becoming a mom. In an interview with InStyle published in December 2023, Osaka revealed that she experienced several complications with her pregnancy — including testing positive for Group B streptococcus, a bacterial infection that can give newborns meningitis or sepsis — and also labored for more than 12 hours.

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