I always expect myself to be more of an adult: Naomi Osaka on 25th b’day

Naomi Osaka

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka considers herself very lucky as she looked back at life on her 25th birthday.

Osaka, who turned 25 on October 16, Instagrammed this throwback picture for her 2.7 million followers and wrote: "Just like that a quarter century has passed for me and I feel really lucky to have encountered so many different people and travelled to so many exciting places in that time.

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"Honestly with each passing year I always expect myself to be more put together or to magically be more of an adult, I've realised though that a lot of things you can't rush and it will all come eventually through the experience of living life. Thank you, thank you, thank you for watching me go on this journey and I'm so grateful for all the love and messages, I really don't know what I did to deserve it all. Love you and I'm sure I'll see you around."