Inspirational biography and interesting facts about the great tennis player Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Osaka, Japan. His mother's name is Tamaki Osaka and his father's name is Leonard François. His mother is from Japan and his father is from Haiti.

She was raised in the United States from the age of 3, but still retains her Japanese citizenship and represents Japan on the Tennis Court.

Naomi Osaka played tennis with her older sister Marie. For years in tennis, Naomi's older sister Mari had been winning over Naomi and this victory of Mari always inspired Naomi. It took Naomi 12 years to beat her sister and Naomi says it was one of the biggest moments of her life.

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Naomi Osaka, who started playing tennis in just seven years, is the first Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam title, and the first Asian player to achieve a World’s No.1 ranking.

Naomi Osaka rejected the Junior Tournaments and followed in the footsteps of her role models Venus and Serena Williams.

In 2013, Naomi stepped straight into the Professional Tennis Court.

In 2016, Naomi was named "Newcomer of the Year" by the WTA (Women's Tennis Association).

Naomi won her first WTA Tour in 2018 in Indian Wells, California.

In September 2018, at the age of just 20, Naomi moved to the U.S. Open played. This player had neither greed for victory nor fear of defeat, just passion in his eyes and dedication to tennis. The entire U.S. Naomi played very good tennis in the Open Tournament. Now the long awaited time had come. The time had come for Naomi to find herself in this world

To prove the best tennis player.

The day was September 9, 2018 U.S. Open Final. On one side was the great tennis player Serena Williams and on the other side was the less experienced Naomo Osaka.

Judging by Serena's ability and form, it seemed to everyone that Serena would win the final.

The best moment for Naomi Osaka, whom few people knew before this match, came when she landed to play in front of her own role model, Serena.

Naomi quickly showcased her talent. In this match which lasted for 1 hour and 19 minutes, Naomi defeated Serena 6-2, 6-4 in straight sets. Seeing this victory of Naomi is complete

The world was stunned. In the world of tennis, there was a player who caused a stir as soon as he came.

Today Naomi showed that any goal can be achieved if the determination is accompanied by hard work. At just 20, Naomi defeated tennis great Serena Williams. Serena, who won the Grand Slam more than Naomi was then, bowed to Naomi's passion and talent.

By winning the US Open in 2018 and the 2019 Australia Open, Naomi Osaka achieved the No. 1 ranking in the world at just 22 years old, becoming the first Asian and Japanese player to do so, as well as proving it. That victory against Serena was not a joke but a new tennis star was born.

The life of Naomi Osaka teaches us that no one knows you better than you, when the whole world was thinking of Serena winning, Naomi showed confidence and proved herself. You have to believe in yourself and you have to have passion in your eyes then even the biggest obstacle is overcome.

Some interesting facts about Naomi Osaka's life

1. Naomi, despite being Japanese, can understand Japanese, but is not able to communicate completely in Japanese. At the Australian Open, his handler asked him questions first in Japanese and then in English.

2. Speaking of Naomi’s older sister Mari, she speaks English and Japanese much better than Naomi.

3. Osaka decided to relinquish his U.S. citizenship in 2019 to represent Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

4. Naomi & # 39; s father saw Serena Williams and Venus Williams playing at the French Open in 1999, and inspired them to marry his two daughters, Naomi and Marie.

Inspired to play tennis.

5. U.S. Even before the Open Final, Naomi faced Serena Williams in Miami Masters, March 2018. Naomi won the match 6-3, 6-2. Although many did not give Osaka enough credit for winning the match, as Serena returned from maternity leave in that match, Osaka told Serena to return to the U.S. Defeated in Open 2018 and silenced his critics.

6. 2016 U.S. In a match of the Open, Naomi had a serve of 125 mph, so fast the speed at which Naomi served, only 9 women players in the history of Tennis had ever set a record in themselves. Significantly, Naomi was only 19 years old at the time she did this feat.

7. Naomi Osaka is the first Asian and Japanese player to achieve the No. 1 position in the World Ranking released by WTA.

8. Naomi Osaka wrote in her School Essay as a child that Serena Williams is her role model and her dream is to play with Serena.

9. Naomi Osaka is also the highest-earning female athlete in the world. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka earned $ 37.4 million from prize money and brand endorsements and became the highest-earning female athlete in a single year.

10. Serena Williams's words after watching Naomi play at the Australian Open 2016 were: -

He is a very young and aggressive player, he is a very good and talented player and also very dangerous.