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The umbilical cord is around the baby’s neck. Osaka talked about her difficult birth
Number one in the old world Naomi Osaka She talked about a difficult birth.
The day Osaka’s water broke, she rushed to the hospital. Concerned about an infection in his body, doctors immediately gave him IV antibiotics. After 12 hours, the uterus had expanded by only one centimeter. The doctor prescribed Pitocin, which causes the uterus to contract. Osaka had a bad reaction and started feeling sick.
Hours passed as Osaka struggled to breathe and focus on the birth of her daughter, saying to herself: “No matter what happens, it will happen. It’s not something I can control.” She read many books on parenting and birth, but the barrage of advice was overwhelming. She took classes to prepare for birth. But none of them fully prepared her.
At one point during the contractions, doctors told Osaka that she needed to push her baby out quickly. “I remember feeling at that moment: ‘This is the worst pain of my life,'” Osaka says. “And I know that if I get through this, everything else will be so easy.” Osaka later learned that the umbilical cord was wrapped around her daughter’s neck.
Osaka gave birth to a healthy baby girl at the beginning of July. She and her rapper boyfriend Cordae, 26, named their baby Shai, which means “gift” in Hebrew. Osaka says there was a “huge adjustment period” in the beginning. “Life changed in one day. “Everything changes from the moment you come home from the hospital.”
Note that Naomi has not played on the WTA tour since 2022. His return will take place in Brisbane early next year.
Source: Sport UA
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Four representatives from Ukraine were included in the qualification list Australian Open 2026.
Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 127), Daria Snigur (WTA 153) and Vitaly Sachko (ATP 153) will compete for the Australian Open main draws.
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Major qualifiers in Melbourne will be held from January 12-17.
The place at the heart of the Australian Open 2026 is guaranteed by four Ukrainian tennis players: Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.
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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 14) became the “Opening Week” participant of the Australian Open 2026.
On January 14, 2026, the Ukrainian will play an exhibition match against Amanda Anisimova (USA, WTA 4) at the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena.
The meeting will be held in the format of two standard sets as the deciding game and a super tiebreak up to 10 points.
There will also be four more exhibition matches: Elena Rybakina – Zheng Qingwen, Alexander Zverev – Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz – Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner – Felix Auger-Aliassime.
After the match between Svitolina and Anisimova, Rod Laver Arena will host the AO 1 Point Slam tournament, where tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Zheng Qingwen, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jasmine Paolini will compete against amateurs.
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Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced the list of all award winners for the 2025 season.
World number one Arina Sabalenka was chosen as the best tennis player of the year. Hendrik Vleshouwers, coach of American Amanda Anisimova, received the best coach award.
Anisimova received the Progress of the Year award, while Victoria Mboko received the Newcomer of the Year award. Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend couple was chosen as the best duet of the season.
WTA Awards 2025. All award winners
- The best tennis player of the season – Aryna Sabalenka
- Best Duo of the Year – Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend
- Progress of the Year – Amanda Anisimova
- Rookie of the Year – Victoria Mboko
- Comeback of the Year – Belinda Bencic
- Diamond Aces (promoting tennis both on and off the court) – Coco Gauff
- Peachy Kellmeier Award (for contributions to WTA players) – Gabriela Dabrowski
- Karen Kranzke Sportsmanship Award – Jessica Pegula
- Georgina Clarke Mother of the Year Award (awarded to retired female tennis players) – Nicole Pratt (Australian coach)
- Coach of the Year – Hendrik Vleshouwers (Amanda Anisimova’s coach)
- Pet of the Year (singles) – Zheng Qingwen
- Favorites of the year in pairs – Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
- Shot of the year – Carolina Muchova (vs. Clara Towson in WTA 1000 semi-final in Dubai)
- Match of the year – Coco Gauff vs. Zheng Qingwen (WTA 1000 semi-final in Rome – 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 7:6 (7:4))
VIDEO. Shot of the year from Carolina Muchova
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VIDEO. Match of the year from Coco Gauff and Zheng Qingwen in Rome
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