Now she has returned to the tour and is returning to the Summer Games. She'll be in action against three-time major champion Angelique Kerber when tennis matches begin Saturday at the same site that marked such a pivotal place in Osaka's career: It was at the 2021 French Open, contested on the clay courts used for these Olympics, that she first mentioned her anxiety and depression.
Osaka spent time away from tennis in recent years, first for mental health breaks, then because she became a mother. At the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, she was supposed to be one of the big stars in her native Japan and lit the cauldron, but the results on the court were not what she wanted.
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