大坂直美东京赛前谈状态：称离最佳状态不远，也承认曾想过还要打多久
东京——前世界第一、日本网球名将大坂直美10月25日（周日）在东京表示，她自觉距离重拾赢得四座大满贯冠军奖杯时的状态已经不远；她下周将以7号种子身份出战在东京举行的泛太平洋公开赛（Pan Pacific Open）。她同时承认，自己曾想过退役，也常会想自己还能打多久。
「有时候我会展望未来，想自己还能打多久，这很难。」大坂直美对记者说，「因为如果我女儿说她不希望我这么多地四处奔波，我不是那种会对此置之不理的人。」
大坂直美现年29岁，在女儿出生后离开赛场15个月，2024年复出，目前世界排名第19位。本赛季她状态回升：在Wimbledon击败头号种子Aryna Sabalenka、打进八强，在法国公开赛与美国公开赛打进16强，还在Washington打进四强、在Toronto打进八强。
「我真心觉得自己离最佳状态不远了。」她说，「我觉得自己已经打下了相当扎实的基础，很期待继续学习、在比赛中走得更远。」她在东京的首战对手是意大利选手Jasmine Paolini；本届赛事的参赛阵容还包括世界第一Elena Rybakina与菲律宾选手Alex Eala。
Osaka Says She Is Not Far From Her Best Form, While Admitting She Has Wondered How Long She Will Play
TOKYO — Former world number one Naomi Osaka said in Tokyo on Sunday, October 25, that she is close to rediscovering the form that brought her four Grand Slam titles, as she returns to the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo next week as the seventh seed. She also acknowledged that she had thought about retirement and often wondered how long she would continue playing.
"It's tough, sometimes I look towards my future and wonder how long I'm going to play," Osaka told reporters. "Because if my daughter did say she didn't want me to travel as much, I'm not the type of person to ignore that."
The 29-year-old Japanese player stepped away from tennis for 15 months after the birth of her daughter before coming back in 2024, and is currently ranked 19th in the world. She has shown signs of returning to her best this season, reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon after beating top seed Aryna Sabalenka and making the last 16 at both the French Open and the US Open, as well as the semi-finals in Washington and the quarter-finals in Toronto.
"I genuinely don't feel like I'm that far off," Osaka said of her chances of contending for titles again. "I think I built a pretty solid base and I'm excited to see if I can continue learning and going further in tournaments." Osaka opens her Tokyo campaign against Italy's Jasmine Paolini, while world number one Elena Rybakina also headlines the field alongside Alex Eala of the Philippines.
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图片来源：大坂直美2025年5月在罗马举行的意大利公开赛上（资料图）。图：TristanLaplap，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源。 / Naomi Osaka at the Italian Open in Rome in May 2025 (file photo). Photo: TristanLaplap, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
