WASHINGTON — Naomi Osaka and coach Patrick Mouratoglou are carried out working collectively after lower than a yr, the four-time Grand Slam champion introduced Sunday on social media.
“Merci Patrick,” Osaka started her publish, with a photograph of her hitting a observe serve whereas he stands close by. “It was such an important expertise studying from you. Wishing you nothing however the most effective. You might be one of many coolest folks I’ve ever met and I am certain I will 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 match 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 at present ranked 51st and has a 21-11 document this season.
She hasn’t been previous the third spherical at a Grand Slam match since profitable the 2021 Australian Open.
