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Breaking News: Kim Clijsters thinks Naomi Osaka may still have an ‘inability’ to do one thing after early US Open exit….see more
She has played throughout the season and is striving to return to her best form, but this has yet to happen.
She began her latest campaign in New York in emphatic fashion with a 6-3, 6-2 win over fellow Grand Slam winner Jelena Ostapenko.
But Osaka came unstuck against Karolína Muchová in round two, who went on to reach the semi-finals.
Reflecting on the 27-year-old’s US Open campaign and form in 2024 so far, Kim Clijsters thinks she is struggling with doubt.
“So I really really thought that sort of a fresh Start for her where she could maybe push deeper into the second week of the US Open.
“But then you watch her next match and you still feel like there’s that doubt that creeps in at times and there’s maybe the inability to kind of read the opponent at times as well.”