WASHINGTON — Naomi Osaka and coach Patrick Mouratoglou are achieved working collectively after lower than a yr, the four-time Grand Slam champion introduced Sunday on social media.
“Merci Patrick,” Osaka started her put up, with a photograph of her hitting a follow serve whereas he stands close by. “It was such an excellent expertise studying from you. Wishing you nothing however the perfect. You might be one of many coolest folks I’ve ever met and I am certain I am going to see you round.”
The information comes three days after Osaka misplaced her second match on the DC Open and simply earlier than she begins competing in Toronto. The US Open, the yr’s final main event and an occasion Osaka gained twice, begins in New York on Aug. 24.
Osaka employed Mouratoglou — who was the longtime coach of Serena Williams — when she fired Wim Fissette shortly after her second-round exit eventually yr’s US Open.
Osaka, a former No. 1, is presently ranked 51st and has a 21-11 document this season.
She hasn’t been previous the third spherical at a Grand Slam event since successful the 2021 Australian Open.