"Done with my crashout": Naomi Osaka ready for reset after losing Madrid opener

Naomi Osaka is looking at the bright side after her first-round heartbreak at the Mutua Madrid Open, where she bowed out to Lucia Bronzetti in three sets on Tuesday.

The former world No. 1, currently ranked 55th, was playing her first clay-court match of the season against Bronzetti. After dropping the opening set, Osaka rallied in the second but couldn’t overcome the determined Italian in a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 defeat.

The loss was a blow for the Japanese player, who is still finding her form after a 15-month break from the sport for maternity leave and mental health. She had logged an extra-long training block on her most challenging surface and came into the European red-clay season feeling “stronger” and “really excited” for her matches.

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Afterward, Osaka took to social media to give fans a raw look into her post-defeat headspace.

“I wouldn’t wish what goes on in my brain to my worst enemy,” she wrote on Threads. That post was followed up by: “Trust the process but the process isn’t trusting me wtf.”

The posts sparked concern among Osaka’s fans, as the player has long been open about her mental health struggles, which have included depression and anxiety and have affected her motivation over the years.

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A day later, Osaka seemed determined to see the bright side as she returned to Threads with one more message:

“Ok I’m done with my crashout,” she wrote on Wednesday. “I refuse to be sad, I rebuke it.”

The 26-year-old was in even better spirits by the time she hit up Instagram, where she shared a series of selfies in a post about putting disappointments behind her.

“I lowkey have short-term memory loss so I don’t stay discouraged for long,” Osaka wrote. “We woke up this morning, we’re blessed, we’re healthy and we’re happy.”

Osaka will be back in action at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, which kicks off on May 6.