After losing to Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the women’s singles, Naomi Osaka, the face of the Tokyo Olympics, will not be awarded a gold medal. The 23-year-old had intended to take center stage both on and off the court during the Games, but the highlight will be igniting the Olympic flame at […]
The four-time Grand Slam singles champion was fined $15,000 after she did not conduct a post-match press conference following her first-round win against Romanian Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday. The four Grand Slam organisers reacted strongly to Osaka’s move, releasing a joint statement on Sunday that threatened the 23-year-old with potential disqualification and a ban […]
After a straight-sets win over American Jennifer Brady on Saturday, Japan’s Naomi Osaka won her second Australian Open title in three years. With a 6-4 6-3 victory over Brady, Osaka became the first woman since Monica Seles to win her first four Grand Slam finals, retaining her perfect record in major finals. Due to the […]
By Rilwan Balogun Naomi Osaka is riding high again, and the waves are on a wholly different level. In the 2020 US Open finals, the first Asian woman to rise to the summit of female tennis proved her mettle again, as she won her 3rd Grand Slam. Naomi Osaka, 22, is ranked highest in female […]
Two-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka joined the chorus of athletes condemning the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Derek Chauvin posting pictures of protests from the Minnesota city on her Instagram account. “Just because it isn’t happening to you, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening at all,” wrote Osaka, whose mother […]
This had been the most anticipated battle of the tournament so far, the 15-year-old is still very young in every way. This time it was here at the Australian Open on a warm Friday night, Gauff plowing easily past No. 3-seeded Naomi Osaka on the very court where Osaka won the title last year. READ […]
For the first time at a grand slam, Naomi Osaka has her dad watching on from the players’ box during the Australian Open. READ ALSO: Red-hot Nadal faces Delbonis, says majors tally not a focus Whether his court-side presence will help guide the world No. 4 to back-to-back titles in Melbourne remains to be seen, […]
Reigning champions Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic won in straight sets in windy conditions on Wednesday to continue their title defence campaigns at the Australian Open. Women’s world number one Ash Barty also advanced in same fashion as the competition eyes the third round. Tennis: Osaka prevails in third three-setter to advance to Brisbane semis […]
Naomi Osaka has worn her first Pan Pacific Open title win in her hometown after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. 21 year old, Osaka said it was “special” for her to get a win in her hometown after she who had twice finished runner-up at the tournament, beat the Russian 6-2 6-3. The world […]
Serena Williams looked solid in her first match since Wimbledon as she defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens on Wednesday to reach the third round at the WTA Toronto tournament. Serena Williams beat the 20th-ranked Mertens 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday at the WTA Toronto tournament. The 37-year-old American, one crown shy of a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles […]
tennis number one Naomi Osaka has split from her coach Sascha Bajin just 17 days after completing back-to-back Grand Slam victories at the Australian Open. “Hey everyone, I will no longer be working together with Sascha. I thank him for his work and wish him all the best in the future,” the 21-year-old Japanese tweeted […]
Japan’s Naomi Osaka pulverised Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals on Wednesday in her first match since her historic US Open triumph. The 20-year-old, who stunned Serena Williams to become Japan’s first grand slam singles champion earlier this month, fired down 10 aces in a fearsome display of wham-bam […]
Japan on Sunday hailed Naomi Osaka’s stunning upset against the legendary Serena Williams to win the US Open, giving the nation some rare good news after a summer of deadly natural disasters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led the praise, taking to Twitter to congratulate Osaka after her 6-2, 6-4 win in New York. Congratulations on […]