Florida, Feb. 18 -- : World number one Naomi Osaka opened up about her split with coach Sascha Bajin ahead of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and said she does not want to put success over her happiness.

While asserting that she is not willing to torture herself by being surrounded with "certain people who make her unhappy," the 21-year-old revealed that she was mulling about parting ways with her coach since Australian Open.

"I think during the Australian Open, I was just trying to tell myself to get through it. I'm not sure, but I think you guys noticed. The biggest thing is I don't want myself to think to be successful I have to put success over happiness, because if I'm not happy being around certain people I'm not going to t...