Tokyo Olympics: How quiet rebel Naomi Osaka is changing Japan
Osaka will make her return to tennis after two months out at the Olympics Naomi Osaka tells a story. It is from Florida, where the world’s best young tennis players congregate and compete. Osaka, aged about 10, was getting ready for a match at the prestigious Orange Bowl tournament. Preparing within earshot of her Japanese opponent, Osaka overheard her conversation. “She was talking with another Japanese girl,” Osaka told the Wall Street Journal. external-link “And they didn’t know that I was listening or that I spoke Japanese. “Her friend asked her who...
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