Naomi Osaka struggling to focus on Australian Open with LA wildfires raging just ‘three blocks’ away from her house…

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka got her Australian Open campaign to a winning start, defeating France’s Caroline Garcia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round on Monday. The 27-year-old, however, has been having a hard time focusing on her objective of winning the Australian Open for a third time with deadly and massive wildfires raging back home in Los Angeles “three blocks” from her house.

“I was watching the fire map and the fire is three blocks from my house. I had someone go get my daughter’s birth certificate,” Osaka said after her victory over Garcia on Monday.

ame court. Same opponent. Different result 👏

After losing to Caroline Garcia last year in the first round, Naomi Osaka flips the script this year to move into the second round! @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/RQ8594jpMl

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 13, 2025
The 27-year-old former world number one, who has a young daughter named Shai, represents Japan but lives in Los Angeles.