Naomi Osaka was on the blue floor, look upward through the open roof of Arthur Ashe stadium. The hands on the abdomen, the legs bent was there, as she would wait in the Park on shooting stars. “I’ve always seen the big players, as they are virtually collapsed, and from the ground, in the sky looked. I always wanted to know what you saw,” said the Japanese later.
This September night last year, was for a number of reasons, particularly for the city of Osaka. She had just won the US Open for the second Time. Two years earlier, the then 20-Year-old in her first Grand Slam had defeated-final, surprising Serena Williams. It’s a well-deserved 6:2, 6:4 was a success, Osaka, hit harder, faster, cleaner than the woman, which was actually harder and faster than all of them. But all of that was overshadowed by a dispute between Williams and umpire Carlos Ramos, which led to a debate about the lack of equality in Tennis.
Osaka’s strength and your courage to take risks, were visible. Really impressive but their ability to hide the discussions, the constant interruptions and catcalls of the audience was. Osaka was using all of your senses during your game.
But when it was time, the Tiffany’s accept a trophy, the booing sounded but still to the stadium, she lowered the head, pulled her visor over her face, her tears were an embarrassment to her. Later, she apologized not for the crowd favorite, the historic 24. To have a Grand Slam title denied. A breakthrough in the world’s top should feel different. Even more important, the renewed success was for them two years later.
Today, Osaka is the number three in the world, in the night on Sunday at the Australian Open against Garbiñe Muguruza (1 PM). She has become a personality, also, in addition to the space. Her role there, she had to find first.
Multi-Million-Dollar Woman
Osaka came in 1997 in the Japanese port city of the world. Father Leonard Francois had taken Richard Williams, for example, the success of the tennis sisters Venus and Serena should be the blueprint for the Childhood of his girl. “Everything we did was inspired by her life,” wrote Osaka in a recent commentary for the “Telegraph”. They moved to the United States, first to New York, then Florida. As the Williams sister, the Osaka-girl avoided the Junior Circuit, a beat, as a young Teenager directly to the professional career. 2014 Naomi Osaka had reached the Top 250 in the world rankings in 2016, she was named newcomer of the year. Two years later, she won the US Open, four months later, the Australian Open.
Osaka was promoted within a few months, just to be number one in the world, from a shy talent for Tennis was also become a global sport product. Prize money and a number of lucrative sponsorship contracts in the United States and in Japan they had catapulted 2019 in the Forbes list of top Earners in the Sport, with 24.3 million US dollars from zero to second place behind Williams, a year later, in Osaka, moved with 37.4 million past her.
However, the rapid rise had its price. Contracts and commitments took her to the fun of the Sport. Japan tugged suddenly at the new pop star in the country. With views of the Olympic games in Tokyo, the Black Osaka Japan should represent a cosmopolitan, diverse country, while at the same time, a Japanese Sponsor picked up a comic figure of Osaka for an advertising campaign to recognition.
The sporting results this time: In the French Open, she reached the third round at Wimbledon final, a title defense in New York was already in the opening round of the miss long.
The 1.80 Meter Osaka, plays fast, and with much pressure, she hits the balls very early, can determine the speed of the opponent’s valuable time, Rob. They are served heavily, her serve pre-whooshes with over 200 km/h. It was the beginning of the season 2020 you Wim Fissette. The success coach should help her, especially in their Returns, they also worked on their athleticism. Osaka was back to her game, she is currently in 17 Matches unbeaten.
Recently, Osaka said, the corona of the year, gave her the Chance, about a lot of things to think about “what I want to achieve, what people will remember me”. In fact, 2020 is also the year in which Naomi Osaka for the activist was.
“It burned for some time in me”
After the violent death of Black George Floyd in may, the life-threatening shots of Jacob, Blake, and the lack of sanctions for the police officers Involved had boycotts as only a single athlete to the Sport in the major US leagues connected, and a semi-final strike.
You’ve been waiting for you to Sport shows a reaction, writes Osaka in “The Telegraph”. “But nothing happened. Very quickly it became clear to me that I must do something.” This was not a political Statement, “it was a humanitarian attitude”. She knew that it was more than pretty restrain known. “But that was burning for some time in me.” At the US Open in September, Osaka drew, once again, the media attention to Black Americans, who came by police violence died when she wore every day, a name of the Affected on your mouth-nose-protection.
The success in Flushing Meadows was, therefore, also for the activist Osaka important. “If you have purchased your position clear, you must first win right, otherwise the message will be lost,” wrote Osaka. You would have lost in any round, even in the final, had critics said may, she had been distracted and but would prefer to stay in the Sport. “I don’t wish it were so, it is a shame for all the people who want to work for change.”
Osaka wants to use her popularity in the future. From her success, she picks out only those facets that make you happy. With photo shoots and a collection Nike you can live out your fashion passion that you invested in headphones, recently she joined the American football team Carolina Courage. It was “a big concern, to increase attention to women’s sport, and inspire the next Generation of young girls”.
Naomi Osaka shows what the next Generation of the sport star: she has Style and layout, it is cool and critical, self-conscious, and down-to-earth. At 23, she has found her role.
