SYDNEY (AFP) -- Aryna Sabalenka will launch preparations for the defense of her Australian Open crown by playing at the Brisbane International, organizers said on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Belarus' tennis star Aryna Sabalenka (AFP) Elena Rybakina -- beaten by Sabalenka in the final in Melbourne at the...
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will make her eagerly anticipated return to tennis at the Brisbane International in Australia, organizers said on Friday, Nov. 10. Japan's tennis superstar Naomi Osaka (AFP) Starting on the last day of December, the Brisbane tournament is a...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka plans to return to tennis in time for the 2024 Australian Open, saying on Wednesday, Sept. 6, her break from the sport "really fueled a fire in me". Naomi Osaka of Japan. (AFP) The 25-year-old Japanese star gave birth to daughter Shai in...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka has given birth to a baby girl, People magazine reported on Tuesday, July 11. *Naomi Osaka. (AFP)* The 25-year-old Japanese star and rapper boyfriend Cordae welcomed their first child in Los Angeles and both mother and daughter...
MIAMI (AFP) — Former world number one Naomi Osaka announced on Wednesday, Jan. 11, that she is pregnant and will be taking a break from tennis until 2024. In this file photo taken on February 20, 2021, Japan's Naomi Osaka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup trophy after defeating...
MELBOURNE (AFP) — Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka became the latest star to pull out of the opening Grand Slam of the year Sunday, leaving the tournament deprived of some of the biggest names in the game. Naomi Osaka (AFP) No reason for the Japanese player's withdrawal was...
Poland’s Iga Swiatek poses with her trophy after winning the women’s single finals at the 2022 Miami Open presented by Itaú at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on April 2, 2022. (AFP) Iga Swiatek's dream season continued as the incoming world number one scooped her third successive...
Naomi Osaka of Japan returns a shot to Alison Riske of United States during the Women’s Singles match on Day 8 of the 2022 Miami Open presented by Itaú at Hard Rock Stadium on March 28, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AFP) Naomi Osaka will face American Danielle Collins for a place in the...
Naomi Osaka of Japan fields questions from the media during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 09, 2022 in Indian Wells, California. (AFP) Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka returns to Indian Wells, scene of her breakthrough triumph in 2018, with a new outlook on...
Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts as she plays against Amanda Anisimova of the US during their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 21, 2022. (AFP) A philosophical Naomi Osaka said Friday she "is not God" and cannot always win after the...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against Colombia's Camila Osorio during their women's singles match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 17, 2022. (AFP) Defending women's champion Naomi Osaka breezed into the second round as the Australian Open finally began...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against France's Alize Cornet during their women's singles match at the Melbourne Summer. (AFP) A nervous Naomi Osaka overcame a second set wobble to make a winning return Tuesday in her first match since taking an indefinite break after a tearful US Open exit in...
