'She smelled expensive' - Naomi Osaka reveals Beyonce pep talk

Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka has revealed her excitement at meeting her idol Beyonce, saying US singer "smelled expensive" and gave her a morale-boosting pep talk at a low point last year. two-time Grand Slam champion, who will be defending her Australian Open title this month, bumped into Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z while still "depressed" after losing in fourth round at US Open.

Beyonce's pep talk

"I met Beyonce and Jay-Z during off-season. She just smelled expensive and beautiful and she was soft and she hugged me," Osaka told WTA website.

"I was like, this is what heaven is." meeting came in aftermath of Osaka's defeat at Flushing Meow to Belinda Bencic, which ended her first Grand Slam title defence.

"She was talking to me and she said she was proud of me. I thought, wow, that actually was a really important moment," said 22-year-old, who stunned Serena Williams in 2018 US Open final.

"I felt really depressed after I lost my match, but I'm thinking about impact that tennis players -- I don't think we kw, I don't think we're aware of all good that we can do.

"That was kind of an eye-opening thing. Even though it was one of my worst points, to lose -- I wanted to be a defending champion and I lost early -- re's still something really good that came out of that.

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"re are some things that I have to remember are out of my control, especially past events. So I just have to put myself in a position to t regret anything."

Osaka hired a new coach in off-season, Wim Fissette, having split with Jermaine Jenkins following US Open, and said she was raring to go after her 2019 season was abruptly cut short by injury at WTA Finals in Shenzhen.

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She is set to play her first match of year at Brisbane International against Maria Sakkari on Tuesday.

"I just feel like for me having positive energy and having a clean mental slate is really important, so that's what I did this entire off-season," she said.

"I mean, I trained, but I wasn't super pressed on anything. That's just something I h to learn throughout entire year.

"I feel like 2019 h so many trials and errors and all in all it felt like a very long year, but w that I'm here it feels very compact. It's learning about myself more."