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WTA International Women's Tennis Association recently released a news that Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka was nominated as one of the most influential women in sports by the famous magazine "Ad Weekly".
As one of the hottest players in the tennis circle, the commercial value of Naomi Osaka is comparable to that of Li Na.
This can be seen from the various personal series of clothing tailored by the famous sports brand NIKE. Before , Nike* Osaka Naomi's shoes, hats, clothing, etc. have attracted widespread attention online.
In the just-concluded 2020 season, Naomi Osaka finished third in the world for two consecutive years. It can be said that she has been quite outstanding. You must know that she is only 23 years old.
On October 16, 1997, Naomi Osaka was born in Osaka, Japan. In 2014, she defeated former champion Stosur at the US Open and became famous.
However, the Japanese star is really well known to the fans in the 2018 season. In the Indian Wells competition that year, Naomi Osaka, who was not yet 21 years old, swept Kasakina in a youth duel, and won the first career championship. .
In the same year, at the US Open, she reached the women's singles final in her third US Open competition. Facing the champion Serena Williams, she was extremely calm and defeated her opponent to win her first Grand Slam championship.
Time came to the 2019 Australian Open. On the first Grand Slam stage after winning the U.S. Open, Naomi Osaka once again showed amazing dominance. While defeating Kvitova back to back to win the Grand Slam 2-1, he also Tie Li Na in the number of GS championships.
It is worth mentioning that Naomi Osaka took over the championship trophy in Li Na's hands at that time. Scenes like have a sense of ritual handover, which makes people sigh.
entered the 2020 season. Although he failed to defend his title at Melbourne Park at the beginning of the year, Naomi Osaka quickly broke into her third Grand Slam final after the restart of the season, and her opponent was the rejuvenating mother-level player Azarenka.
Despite the slow start, Naomi Osaka defeated the Belarusian star with a big score of 2-1. After winning the US Open for the second time, he also took advantage of the trend to overtake Li Na in the number of Grand Slam titles.
So far, the star from Japan has completely refreshed the record held by Li Na in Asia (at the end of January 2019, Naomi Osaka topped the world number one for the first time, refreshing the record of Li Na's highest and second Asian player in the world).
We all know that records are always used to break. For Naomi Osaka, her peak period is far from coming, and three Grand Slam titles are definitely not her end.
is just a record-breaking. It does not mean that the predecessors will be forgotten by history. On the contrary, it is through the efforts of generations of players that continues to produce new records. (Source: House of tennis: Barbie)
