Having won four of the past nine major titles, prompting a description that Naomi Osaka is the “next boss” of women’s tennis, she declared that she’s chasing more stability instead of “randomly popping up” to claim majors.
“I think I have more of an understanding of what I’m supposed to do. Before I would just head into a match sort of unaware of different patterns and things like that, now I talk to Wim [coach Wim Fissette] a bit more on strategy,” said Osaka.Saturday night’s second Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for Osaka, alongside US Open crowns won in 2018 and 2020, means the powerful Japanese is the undisputed queen of the hardcourts.
Stepping out with the trophy in hand in Melbourne’s gardens outside Government House on Sunday morning, with dozens of photographers on hand, it became even more apparent that Osaka wasface of women’s tennis, a point helped when she eliminated childhood idol Williams in the semi-finals. Quizzed on more mundane matters the following morning, however, Osaka indicated that physical fatigue had taken over after a host of commitments.
“I honestly think I’d have better luck on clay, because I think last year I didn’t play bad at all. It’s just something that I have to get more used to.”, moving her to striking distance of Barty, who is set to play more events after missing almost all of 2020.
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