Naomi Osaka of Japan waves as she leaves the court after retiring from her third round match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) MELBOURNE, Australia ...
Naomi Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion, with two Australian & US Open titles. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association.
Osaka won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021 and the US Open in 2018 and 2020. She says she still has a deep love for tennis, despite recent injury setbacks. “I’ve been playing tennis since I was three, and a huge part of that I owe to my parents, but I never really saw my...
“I was super nervous the whole time,” Osaka said. “A part of me felt like Shai was watching me. I wanted to do my best for her. “While I’m playing, I’m aware of it in the sense that I want to be a good role model for my daughter. Othe...
“In the first chapter of my tennis, I got away with just being myself and playing with my instincts,” she said. “I think I want to be someone who understands the game a lot more." Osaka's on-court goals, she said, including "put[ting] in more time...
Japanese tennis star,Naomi Osakamade an honest confession ahead of herAustralian Open 2024journey. Osaka was playing against Czech Republican player,Karolina Pliskovain round 2 of the Brisbane International. She joined this tournament as a warm-up event bef...
Naomi Osaka (born October 16, 1997) was born in Osaka, Japan. She is a Japanese tennis player, naturalized American. Osaka is the first Japanese person to win a Grand Slam, a title she first obtained in 2018 against one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Serena Williams. Shortl...
“I wish luck on all the other Belarusian players that we can go on to the next round for popularization of tennis in our country.” Next up is Naomi Osaka, another tough ask for any player on the tour and one that can’t be forgotten for coming back from a 0-5 deficit in the se...
it to four finals and two semifinals in that time but has struggled in the biggest moments. She looked to arguably be playing her best tennis since her return during the fortnight (all while wearing a Flo-Jo-inspired catsuit), but simply didn't have any answers once Osaka f...
At just 21, it’s hardly surprising that Osaka is still getting used to life at the top of world tennis. We are chatting in a room overlooking a clay court in Stuttgart. In a dark indoor arena below, two little-known players are battling one another in the qualification stages of the ...