Tennis - Australian Open Previews - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 18, 2020 Japan's Naomi Osaka attends a news conference REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has learned to appreciate her victories more after enduring the "toughest" year of her fledging career and the Japanese world number three says mentally she is in a better place to launch her Australian Open title defence.
Osaka started 2019 by winning her second straight Grand Slam title in Melbourne following her success at the 2018 U.S. Open but suffered early exits at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
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