"I overthink. there's a lot of like random chaos in my head right now" - Naomi Osaka after US Open exit

Naomi Osaka thinks that her current decline in form is a result of overanalyzing rather than trusting her gut on the tennis court.

The World No. 44 lost to Danielle Collins 7-6(5), 6-3 on Tuesday at the Arthur Ashe Stadium following Raducanu as the 2nd former champion to be eliminated in the first round. Osaka stated that she needed to "relax a little" during her post-match press conference because her head was in a mess.

"I mean, my head is still like everywhere. I just mean, like, I'm the type of person that thinks a lot, to the point where I overthink," admitted Osaka pointing out:

"Sometimes when I play matches, I have to tell myself to, like, stop thinking, just go more on instinct, yeah. I feel like I just have to chill a little bit because there's a lot of like random chaos in my head right now."

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The four-time Grand Slam champion admitted that she hasn't made any specific preparations for the remainder of the year, although she did express a wish to compete in the October 3-starting Japan Open:

"I'm not really sure. I'm more of like a winging-it type of person. I'm not really a person that has a full set plan. I think I'll just take it day by day" added Osaka explaining:

"I mean, I would love to play Japan. Olympics, there was no crowd, which was really sad. I would love to have the opportunity to play in front of people in Japan. I have a pretty good track record there, so it would be nice."

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