{"id":149508,"date":"2025-09-11T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149508\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:04:09","slug":"patrick-mouratoglou-reveals-what-ruined-his-player-coach-relationship-with-naomi-osaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149508\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick\u00a0Mouratoglou reveals what ‘ruined’ his player-coach relationship with Naomi Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Naomi Osaka is off to a great start under the wing of her new coach, Tomasz Wiktorowski, having just recorded her best finish at a Grand Slam in over four years at the US Open. <\/p>\n

Following a second-round exit at the Washington Open in late July, Osaka hired Wiktorowski<\/a>, who had previously guided Iga Swiatek<\/a> to four major titles. <\/p>\n

Since then, the Japanese star has gone on to reach the final of the Canadian Open and the semifinals at Flushing Meadows, where she ultimately bowed out to Amanda Anisimova<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The appointment of the Pole marked the end of Osaka\u2019s player-coach relationship with Patrick Mouratoglou<\/a>, which lasted less than a year. <\/p>\n

\"NaomiPhoto by DAVID GRAY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

With the Frenchman in her corner, the 27-year-old continued to struggle on the WTA<\/a> Tour, suffering early exits at several tournaments.<\/p>\n

Mouratoglou, the longtime coach of Serena Williams<\/a>, recently reflected on his time with Osaka<\/a> and pinpointed where it went wrong. <\/p>\n

Patrick Mouratoglou reflects on coaching Naomi Osaka<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Guardian<\/a>, he admitted: \u201cThe results weren\u2019t good enough, which completely made sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we did a lot of good things but, at least from a coaching standpoint, the one thing that you don\u2019t master can ruin the whole thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she improved so much, I was seeing it on a daily basis. And her mindset was great. But she was not performing well enough during the matches, so that was the one piece that was ruining the whole thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back, I didn\u2019t do a good enough job, otherwise the results would have been there. I also think that having me as a coach was a bit heavy for her, in regards to what I did with Serena for many years.<\/p>\n

\"PatrickPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cShe mentioned it a few times actually, even publicly \u2013 and I didn\u2019t find a way to take that pressure away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think maybe that\u2019s why she wasn\u2019t performing. As soon as I was not in the loop, she felt probably lighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy not having that pressure, she could express her tennis more freely. But there are no hard feelings. She\u2019s a great competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick Mouratoglou reacts to Naomi Osaka\u2019s recent results<\/p>\n

Mouratoglou added: \u201cYou have to speak about what Naomi did in the last two tournaments. She was also in the finals at Montreal, and that was a very close match that could\u2019ve gone her way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she\u2019s back to playing at an extremely high level and the performance she showed in these last two tournaments are quite clear. So that\u2019s great news. I\u2019m not surprised at all because I know how much effort she put in.<\/p>\n

Canadian Open \u2013 Finalist, lost to Victoria Mboko US Open \u2013 Semifinalist, lost to Amanda Anisimova <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we split, I told her agent she was 100% ready \u2013 which I felt because her practice level was consistent and extremely high.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe needed these breakthroughs, which she had quite fast, to probably realize that she was able to play with the best and beat them.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor women\u2019s tennis to have Naomi back in the mix is amazing. She\u2019s one of the most iconic players of the last five years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osaka\u2019s recent results have seen her ranking improve to world number 14, the highest she has been since 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka is off to a great start under the wing of her new coach, Tomasz Wiktorowski, having…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[18323,10297,99,428,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-149508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-naomi-osaka","9":"tag-patrick-mouratoglou","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}