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Naomi Osaka's Daughter Shai Made Her Realize She ‘Couldn’t Be More Proud’ of Herself After U.S. Open Loss


Naomi Osaka said in an Aug. 31 Instagram post that her 1-year-old daughter Shai made her realize she 'couldn't be more proud' of herself after losing in the second round of the U.S. Open. Osaka shares Shai with boyfriend Cordae.

Two days after her time competing at the 2024 U.S. Open came to an end on Thursday, Aug. 29, with a tough loss in the second round, the tennis star shared an Instagram post about the motherhood and sports. Alongside photos snapped during her match against Karolína Muchová, Osaka, 26, wrote about how her 1-year-old daughter Shai, whom she shares with boyfriend Cordae, impacted her mindset after her loss. “Honestly I had typed out a whole caption about how I’m disappointed with myself,” she wrote, ”but I’ve been sitting here playing with my daughter and I realized that I couldn’t be more proud of myself.”

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