Naomi Osaka has been doping-tested twice over the past five days and the world No. 14 isn't too happy about it because the anti-doping authorities twice "got her in the same arm."
During this past North American hard-court swing, the Japanese finally found some consistency and rhythm on the biggest stage after finishing as runner-up at the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal and also reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal in five years at the US Open. While the former world No. 1 is certainly happy with how her summer went, her great results also caused the anti-doping authorities to visit her.
"When anti-doping comes 2 times in 5 days and gets you in the same arm each time (crying emoji)," the four-time Grand Slam winner captioned her Instagram Story.
Naomi Osaka Instagram Story© Instagram
Osaka refused to be pessimistic after a missed US Open chance
By just making the US Open semifinal, the world No. 14 achieved by far her best Grand Slam result since winning the 2021 Australian Open. But since the Japanese was up by a set against Amanda Anisimova in the semifinal in New York, some would think that she would be heavily disappointed with how her run ended.
"Honestly I don't feel sad. It's really weird. Well, it's not weird, because I just feel like I did the best that I could. Honestly, it's kind of inspiring for me, because it makes me just want to train and try to get better, and hopefully just give it my very best shot again and see what happens. But I think I can't be mad or upset at myself," Osaka insisted afterward.
On September 24th, the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing is scheduled to start. Unless something goes wrong, that's where Osaka should play her first post-US Open tournament. She won the Beijing tournament in 2019.
