"It finally happened" - Naomi Osaka laments 'exhaustion fever' after multiple consecutive tournaments ending with Wimbledon

Naomi Osaka said she's experiencing exhaustion fever currently, having played too many tournaments in a row.

The 26-year-old returned to the WTA tour in January after missing part of the 2022 season and the whole 2023 season, owing to the birth of her daughter, Shai. Osaka's appearance at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships was her first time competing in the tournament since 2019. The grass-court major didn't occur in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, she missed the tournament due to struggles with depression and anxiety. In 2022, she withdrew from the tournament citing an Achilles injury.

On Monday, the Japanese player posted a selfie on her Instagram story and wrote she had a fever due to exhaustion. The last time she had this experience was five years ago. "It finally happened... After many years of saying I never get sick. I now have a fever. In my defense I think it's an exhaustion fever, I had it once before 5 years ago after a really long stretch of tournaments," - Naomi Osaka said