Article by David Istrate – published Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 18:20 / Updated Tuesday, May 27, 2025 18:22
Patrick Mouratoglou (54 years old), Naomi Osaka's coach (27 years, 49 WTA), sent a message to his player after he had an emotional reaction to defeat with Paula Badosa (27 years, 10 WTA), score 7-6 (1), 1-6, 4-6, from the first round from Roland Garros.
Naomi Osaka had bad luck at the first match on the main table of Roland Garros, receiving Paula Badosa as an opponent, the Top 10 player. Japanese awarded his inaugural set, but then did not resist in front of Iberian, who advanced in the second round, Where Gabriela Ruse will meet (27, 80 WTA).
Patrick Mouratoglou, a message for Naomi Osaka: “I have no doubt, it will bear fruit soon”
After the match is completed, Osaka was extremely emotional and had a critical reply to one's own person.
“As time goes by, I feel like I should be better. I talked about it before, maybe a few years ago, I'm not sure, but I hate to disappoint people. Even in Patrick I was thinking that, after working with the best player in history (no Serena Williams was coached by Mourtoglou), he came to what the hell is this. I am sorry to swear, I hope I will not be fined, ”said the world number 49, quoted by a break point.
Less than 24 hours after that time, Patrick Mouratoglou sent a public message to encourage his student:
“You can be proud of yourself. The efforts you make, the work and passion you make are extraordinary. Taking all this, I have not been able to help you reach the level you deserve to be.
But I have no doubt, that will bear fruit soon. It's like a construction. You built a solid foundation, but as long as the building is not ready, we do not see the true quality of the building. Will continue …“, The Frenchman wrote on Instagram.
Naomi Osaka, in the first round at Roland Garros 2025/Photo: Getty Images
Osaka and Mouratoglou collaborate since September 2024, and their partnership has been made difficult by Nipone's medical problems. At the beginning of May, Osaka won the title at Open by Saint-Malo, defeating Kaja Juvan (24 years old, 353 WTA), score 6-1, 7-5.
