Biography
Running to the top of the Big Tennis, Young Naomi Osaka, whose biography begins in the country of the Rising Sun, struck fans and professionals of battles on the court. Beating the strongest rivals, young talent managed to climb the leading lines of the ratings of tennis players in the world.Childhood and youth
The girl was born in Osaka, Japan, October 16, 1997. Father - Ghaitanese, and the mother is Japanese. Mixed nationality caused the exotic appearance of the Osaka and its complex nature: it is targeted and hardworking, while assertive and hot.
Osaka has an older sister Marie. She also plays professionally in tennis, however, the success of the younger sister has not yet repeated.
When younger daughter turned three years old, parents moved to the USA. Since then, Naomi lives in Florida. Tennis Naomi was fascinated, imitating the elder sister. The athlete recalls that at a three-year age he had already held a racket, trying to compete with Marie. And the lessons in childhood spent his own father. But amateur hobby on the court began to grow into something more. At the beginning of the career of tennis players of a big sport, Naomi's father registered a daughter in the Japanese Tennis Association, despite the fact that the girl had double citizenship.
In an interview with Naomi, it was divided that if the career of the tennis players did not work out, then life she still planned to tie with sports, only with his other side. As a spare option, Osaka considered the work of the sports agent. But tennis has favorably accepted young Japanese.
Tennis
Naomi Osaka began ascent to sports tennis Olympus in 2013. She did not go to the Junior Court, immediately starting to play the matches of the ITF tournament at 14. Having height 180 cm and the weight of 69 kg, as well as demonstrating a powerful supply and strong hands, Naomi immediately declared itself as a hoping athlete.Not without skeptics, believed that young Osaka is simply lucky with the tournament grid, and all its successes on the court is one-day luck. However, in 2014, the Japanese was a qualification in Stanford's tournament in the main composition of WTA, where he beat the former US champion Samanthan Stosur, which was included in the top 20 tournament players.
In 2015, Japanese continued to perform a speech on the court, playing the rivals belonging to the best world ratings. Declare himself as a promising dangerous rival in the open Australian tournament, Naomi beat Donna Naughch and Elina Svitolin.
The injury received did not allow Osaka to get on Wimbledon matches in 2016. Nevertheless, the tennis player won in a number of meetings with rivals on US Open 2016 and at the open Japan championship among women, where he played with compatriots from the country of the rising sun.
The first significant breakthrough of the tennis players occurred at Toray Pan Pacific Open 2016. It was there that the athlete was first for his career reached the WTA finals, during which he lost to the former World Racket Carolina Wozniaki.
For the beginning of a young star, the victory in tournaments of such a prestigious level, no doubt, became a breakthrough. According to the results of the year Naomi Osaka burst into the top 50 tennis player rankings. Moreover, according to the results of 2016, the Japanese was recognized as the opening of the year by WTA Awards.
Next 2017, Naomi Osaka conducted with varying success. By participating in the largest and most prestigious tournaments of tennis, including a big helmet, such as the Australian Open Championship, Dubai, Tournaments in Indian Wells, Miami, on the Corte Wimbledon, the tennis player did not reach outstanding success and did not rise to the highest lines of the tournament grid.
In collaboration with Sasha coach, Bayin Naomi elected an aggressive, attacking and assertive style on the court. The athlete easily attacks and serves on both hands, being the right. Osaka is characterized by the force and power of the feed - the ball speed reaches 201 km / h.
2018 became truly brilliant in the career of athletes. No one expects a Japanese triumph at the tournament in Indian Wells. Beginning in the first round the rating world racket, recognized by the tennis star Maria Sharapov, Osaka continued the series of victories. The defeat as a result of the rapid game of Japanese was the representative of the Czech Republic Carolina Plishkova in the quarterfinals, Romanian Simon Halep (who, by the way, had already won in meetings with a rival) in the semifinals of the tournament, and then the Russian woman Daria Kasatkin in the final Indian Wells. The pressure and purposefulness of the young Japanese woman did not overcome any of the rivals of the tournament. Victory went to Naomi.
Not stopping at the victory gained and going as a result of sparkling victories to the 22nd line of the world ranking of tennis players, Osaka received a chance to compete on one Corte with Serena Williams. Japanese noted more than once that Williams is a childhood idol, a star athlete called the desire to achieve results and goals in sports. Of course, a meeting with the idol became an exciting event for Naomi. Playing, Osaka hoped only not to hit the dirt face and not lose dry. The result was the rapid victory of the Japanese. But to beat in the same Miami Ukrainian Elin Svitolin, however, as at the beginning of the tennis year at the tournament in Dubai, Osaka failed. Nevertheless, the Japanese tennis player firmly secured the situation of promising, successful and suggestive on the highest line of the rating of athletes.
In September 2018, Naomi Osaka won the finals of the US Open for the first time in his career. In the final of the US Open Championship, Naomi beat Sirena Williams with a score of 6: 2, 6: 4.
The next tournament in which Osaka took part, took place in Tokyo. Japanese tennis player reached the final, but lost Plishkova caroline in it.
In the same year, Naomi played the WTA Tour finals. As part of the championship, she fought Slaoan Stevens, Angelica Kerber, Kiki Burtens. All three matches ended for athletes unsuccessfully. Following the season, Osaka was at the 5th place in a single ranking.
In January 2020, Naomi Osaka participated in the open championship of Australia in tennis. However, the tennis player left the Australian Major ahead of time. In the 3rd round match, she lost to a 15-year-old American Corey Gauff.
In August, in the 1/8 finals of the tournament in New York Naomi Osaka met with the Ukrainian Danyan Yastremia. For tennis players, it was the first full-time duel in which the Japanese won.
As a result, Osaka reached the final of the US Open Championship, which was held in September. In it, she beat Victoria Azarenko, which represented Belarus. Also within the championship, she fought with Misaki Doi, Camila Georgie, Martha Kostyuk, Anett Contavajit, Shelby Rogers, Jennifer Bradie.
In September, Osaka announced that he would not play at Roland Garros - 2020 - the open championship of France. The athlete told that he damaged a fallated tendon, so it would not be able to prepare well for him.
Personal life
Japanese devotes a lot of time training, tennis and victories. Therefore, personal life at the beginning of the brilliant career retreated to the background.
Osaka admits that in the warehouse of temperament belongs to introverts - it is modest and closed. The athlete itself refers this line to Japanese origin. As comments on tennis players, Eastern culture and people are close in spirit. This is included in the list of reasons that came across Naomi agree with the decision of the Father on the speech on the court under the flag of Japan. Tennis player adores sushi and other Japanese food.
As a representative of Naomi's youth - amateur and permanent user of the Internet. It acts on the pages of "Instagram", "Twitter", laying out photos in a swimsuit, with friends and relatives, pleaseing subscribers with new weekly posts. Periodically, archival photos of Osaka's family appear on the "Instagram" page, which with warmth are commented by the account of the account. Tennis player subscribers, and the remaining fans of this sport, noted the immediacy, the presence and goodwill of the star of the court.
In 2019, it became known that Naomi Osaka meets with the American Rapper YBN Cordae (real name - Cordai Dunston). In his instagram account, the athlete laid out a photo with a beloved, which was accompanied by a romantic signature: "I am very glad that you are in my life, always learn from you, always inspire you. Love you". Interestingly, when a young man met Naomi, he did not even know that she was a famous tennis player.
The boyfriend was an inspirational of all the political shares of Osaka related to the support of the Black Lives Matter movement, because he himself advocates racial equality since 2016. A Japanese arranged a scandal at the tournament in New York - she did not go to the semifinal match, stating that the racial struggle is more important. "I am primarily a dark-skinned woman, and then an athlete is already. And as a dark-skinned woman, I believe that there are things more important than the match, "the tennis player wrote in his Twitter.
In 2020, Cordai Dunston attended Naomi's award ceremony within the open champion of the United States. He went to the traditional photo session of the participants of the championship, but he behaved extremely strange. At first, the rapper tried to stand on one knee to express his support to the Black Lives Matter movement, then began to symbolically shut up his hands, calling people to cleanse.
Osaka monitors fashion trends, with its help it expresses its individuality: "I love to go to boutiques and find something unique and unexpected." In 2020, she developed a capsule collection of clothing with a Nike brand, which includes casual stylish things: polo, t-shirts, sweatshirts and more. On each subject there is a tennis player logo, which was inspired by the flag of Japan. And in 2021 Naomi became the face of the brand Louis Vuitton.
Naomi Osaka now
On February 8, 2021, Anastasia Pavlychenkova and Naomi Osaka played a match of the 1st Circle of Australian Open 2021. Japanese won in two sets - 6: 1, 6: 2. In the second round, which was held two days later, she beat Caroline Garcia.On February 12, the Third Round of the Australian Major was held between ONS Zhembers and Naoma Osaka. Japanese won with a score of 6: 3, 6: 2. Good luck to the girl brought a butterfly, which first sat down on the leg of Naomi, and then - on the face.
Two days later Naomi came to the court against Spanish Garbin Muguus. The match lasted 1 hour 55 minutes, in his course she won again and went to a quarter of the Australian Open finals.
On February 20, the female final of the Australian Open Championship was held in tennis. In his framework, Naomi Osaka met with American Jennifer Brady. The meeting lasted a little more and ended with a Japanese victory in two sets. She won with a score of 6: 4, 6: 3.
For your success, the tennis player received 2,000 rating points, so now it is the second racket of the world. She also paid $ 2.16 million prizes.
Achievements
- 2016 - 3rd round of tournaments series of a large hat in France
- 2016-2017 - 3rd round of tournaments series of a large hat in the USA
- 2017 - 3rd round of the Tournaments of the Large Helmet Series in Wimbledon
- 2018 - the 4th round of the Large Helmet series tournaments in Australia
- 2018 - Title in single discharge 1 WTA