NEW YORK—You never know quite how a player is going to handle her first Grand Slam singles final, but Naomi Osaka could not have expected it to go like this. Her 6-2, 6-4 win over her idol ...

Naomi Osaka may be shy, but she's always going to tell it how it is. During the draw ceremony in Melbourne, she was interviewed inside Margaret Court Arena and talked about her quirks, her Grand ...

Serena Williams' former coach, Rick Macci, recently critiqued Naomi Osaka's movement during her first-round exit at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday (March 5). The American also gave props ...

The tennis star famously wore Kobe Bryant's jerseys while competing in the U.S. Open last year Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...

Twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka bested Serena Williams to win the U.S. Open on Saturday, making her the first Japan-born woman to win a Grand Slam final. But that landmark moment is not what everyone ...

The way phenomenal and accomplished athletes’ minds work can often catch regular folks off-guard. How is it that a tennis player like Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion and former ...

Former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters backed Naomi Osaka, Victoria Azarenka, and Petra Kvitova to win a grand slam as a mother. All four players have made their comebacks to tennis over the past 12-14 ...