\'I almost died,\' says Naomi Osaka after paddleboard mishap
5 years ago

\'I almost died,\' says Naomi Osaka after paddleboard mishap

Deccan Chronicle  

Tennis players typically use the off-season to rest and recover from their punishing schedules but two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she suffered a “near-death experience” while paddleboarding with her sister in the Caribbean. “She made me paddleboard and then the current took us and I almost died,” Osaka said in an interview with the WTA website. the water is black and the house is like a tiny dot, and I can’t really swim that well.” Osaka said things took a turn for the worse when she fell into the water and panicked. But in that moment I just really thought I don’t want to die like that.” Osaka is the third seed at the event, a traditional warmup for the Australian Open.

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