“This picture is iconic” Twitter Tennis reacts to young Naomi Osaka watching Rafael Nadal play during the 2006 US Open
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Naomi Osaka, the 4-time Grand Slam champion, opted not to participate in the 2022 Wimbledon Championship after the WTA’s decision not to award ranking points for the tournament. She faced an early exit at the 2022 French Open against Amanda Anisimova. She is the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam at the US Open.
She will be playing her next major tournament at the US Open 2022 which starts next month. She has always been vocal and upfront about mental health issues and how they affected her gameplay. She is fighting through and has come out strongly. Before the US Open commences, she is enjoying her time in her country and getting herself recharged for the big upcoming tournament.
“Every kid back then grew up watching Rafael Nadal play”: Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka has been a big fan of the 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal. She has always idolized him since she started playing at a very young age. She started playing with her sister Mari Osaka, both of the sisters being groomed by their father. Recently, an image of her and her sister stormed the internet where both the sisters are watching a practice match of Rafael Nadal during the 2006 US Open at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Osaka was an 8-year-old by then and Nadal had won two-time Grand Slam title champion back then. People on Twitter found it as a matter of coincidence that the young kid today is a US Open champion herself and has the privilege to know him better as a player.
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