TAG: Naomi Osaka
May/21
26
Osaka To Boycott Media at Roland Garros
17 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles
Reigning Australian and US Open Open champion Naomi Osaka is no stranger to political crusades and she has announced her latest concoction today. Osaka has declared that she will not talk with the media after her matches at Roland Garros. The move is a controversial one as it’s a slap in the face to an […] Continue to read full article...
Feb/21
20
Osaka Scores Fourth Major, Bests Brady in AO Final
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Naomi Osaka has established herself as the dominant force in women’s tennis, with another masterpiece major final conquest last night, a 64 63 triumph over American Jennifer Brady. The 23 year old Osaka is now 4-0 in her four Grand Slam finals (Serena Williams was 6-1 in her first seven major finals). She will regain […] Continue to read full article...
AO · Japan · Jenn Brady · Naomi Osaka · Nike · Yonex
Remember the days when Naomi Osaka had no fear of playing Serena Williams, in fact, in younger days she eagerly anticipated the chance to play and beat Serena and even trash talked her. Before their first court encounter Osaka said with a mischevious smile how she was looking forward to “to make her yell CMON.” […] Continue to read full article...
Dominic Thiem won his first major title in his fourth attempt, a sensational five set triumph over Alexander Zverev, one of the most compelling US Open finals of this century. There is no more deserving Grand Slam champion than Thiem, perhaps other than his conquest Zverev, who won the hearts of the tennis world today […] Continue to read full article...
Domi Thiem · Naomi Osaka · US Open · Yonex
Unlike all of the recent would be successors of Serena Williams, the current world no. 1 player is not satisfied with her recent conquest of the US Open and Australian Open titles and the WTA world no. 1 ranking. Nope, Naomi Osaka wants more.
Naomi Osaka · Nike · Nissin · Roland Garros
By Scoop Malinowski
Naomi Osaka was forced to work but overcame a stiff challenge by Belgian veteran qualifier Yanina Wickmayer, 6-0 6-7(3) 6-1 to advance to the Miami Open third round.
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By Scoop Malinowski
Naomi Osaka is the first known Japanese/Haitian professional tennis player and her ethnicity is not the only unique aspect of her character.
The Osaka Odyssey in tennis began in Long Island, New York. Naomi's parents met in Hokkaido, Japan when her dad Leonard Francois was visiting Japan as a college student. Tamaki gave birth first to older sister Mari, born in April 1996, and then Naomi, born in October 1997. Continue to read full article...
At the end of 2018, Naomi Osaka had never won a professional tournament and was ranked outside the top 50 at 68. She was viewed as an introverted, one-dimensional baseline basher who was not considered a sure-fire future Grand Slam champion by tennis observers.
Then Osaka made an intelligent decision - she hired Sasha Bajin as her new coach. Bajin had been the hitting partner for former top players like Serena and Azarenka but Chris Evert revealed that he was in fact a coach influence more so than just a hired hitting partner. Continue to read full article...
Jan/19
26
AO Triumph: Naomi Osaka Establishing Domination
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By Scoop Malinowski
Naomi Osaka wasn't satisfied with winning her first Grand Slam major title at the US Open last summer so she went out and won another.
Last night Osaka survived a spirited surge by Petra Kvitova who escaped three match points in the second set to force a deciding third set. But Osaka dug deep and proved again she is a super champion with some original attributes, prevailing 76 57 64. Continue to read full article...
Oct/18
2
Serena Turned Osaka’s Dream Come True Into A Nighmare
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By Scoop Malinowski
US Open champion Naomi Osaka is still bothered by the fact that the highlight moment of her career - winning the US Open - was destroyed by the inner ugly and horrid sportsmanship of Serena Williams.
“I mean, of course I'm happy that I won a Grand Slam,” Osaka told reporters in a press conference on Monday. “I don't think there's anything that can take away from that. But I don't know. I feel like not that when I look back on it that it's a bad memory, but I feel like it was so strange, I didn't just want to think about it. I wanted to just push it to the side. Continue to read full article...
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