Tag: Naomi Osaka
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Naomi Osaka using lockdown to conquer inner demons
Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is using the novel coronavirus shutdown as one of self-reflection to try and overcome her crippling shyness. The tennis season was suspended in early March, due to COVID-19 outbreak and the hiatus will continue until at least mid-July with many countries in lockdown to contain the virus. Japan’s Osaka,…
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15-year-old Coco Gauff ousts Naomi Osaka in Australian Open
Fifteen year-old American tennis sensation, Cori Gauff has ousted Australian Open defending champion, Naomi Osaka, defeating her in two sets 6-3 6-4 to equal her Grand Slam 4th round record. The two players had met in the third round of the US Open last September, in which Osaka prevailed and also had to play the…
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How Beyonce changed my life – Naomi Osaka
Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka has revealed her excitement at meeting her idol Beyonce, saying the US singer “smelled expensive” and gave her a morale-boosting pep talk at a low point last year. The two-time Grand Slam champion, who will be defending her Australian Open title this month, bumped into Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z while…
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Tokyo 2020: Osaka selects Japanese citizenship ahead of Olympic Games
Two time tennis grand slam champion, Naomi Osaka, intends to play for the hosts at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after choosing to maintain Japanese citizenship. The 21-year-old, told Japanese broadcaster NHK in an interview on Thursday that she had begun the necessary administrative procedures. Under Japanese law, duel citizens must choose one nationality…
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Andreescu to face Osaka in China open quarter-finals
Bianca Andreescu will play Naomi Osaka for the first time after both players advanced to the quarter-finals of the China Open. Osaka, 21, lost only four games with a 6-4 6-0 win over USA’s Alison Riske, before Andreescu came past American qualifier Jennifer Brady 6-1 6-3. The 19-year-old Canadian is on a 16-match-winning streak, which…
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Barty, Osaka advance into China Open last 16, Kerber knocked out
Top seeds Ash Barty and Naomi Osaka cruised into the last 16 of the China Open on Tuesday in Beijing with straight sets victories in their second round matches. World number one Barty, who received a bye into the second round, started her campaign with a 6-4 6-2 win over Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva, wrapping up…
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Naomi Osaka sent packing from Wimbledon
World number two Naomi Osaka’s hopes of a third Grand Slam title were shredded on Centre Court as she was dumped out of Wimbledon in the first round. The Japanese lost 6(4)-7 2-6 to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva on Monday. Osaka failed to find her range on the slick lawns of the All England Club, tumbling…
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Osaka outlasts Sakkari to move into Birmingham last-16
World number one Naomi Osaka was tested by Maria Sakkari in her first round match at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham on Tuesday. But she eventually went through to the last-16 of the grasscourt tournament with a hard-fought 6-1 4-6 6-3 win. In her first match since her third round exit at Roland Garros…
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Siniakova ends Osaka’s unbeaten Grand Slam run
Naomi Osaka’s 16-match winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments came to an end on Saturday at the French Open in Paris. The Japanese lost in straight sets to Katerina Siniakova in the third round of the year’s second Grand Slam. The top-seeded Osaka was beaten by Czech Siniakova, the world’s top-ranked doubles player, 6-4 6-2…
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World number one Naomi Osaka splits with coach
World number one Naomi Osaka has split with her coach Sascha Bajin 16 days after winning the Australian Open. The Japanese 21-year-old, whose win in Melbourne sealed back-to-back Grand Slam titles, worked with the German for just over a year. “I will no longer be working together with Sascha,” Osaka tweeted. “I thank him for…