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Naomi Osaka will return to the court for the 2024 Australian Open, but in the meantime she has expressed all her admiration and love for her tennis idols, especially Serena Williams. The Japanese tennis player underlined how she loves the American legend, but Naomi also shared massive praise for Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Maria Sharapova.
The four-time Grand Slam champion answered some questions from her followers.
Abou Serena, she said: “Everyone knows I love Serena and I appreciated how focused Nadal and Sharapova were every match too. I don’t have a favorite though.
I like qualities from a bunch of different players.”
The Japanese then expressed herself about Novak Djokovic: “Honestly as I grew up I really learned to appreciate Novak a lot more. Purely as a tennis player this man is unbelievable lol.”
Naomi Osaka, the return to the next Australian Open
On the occasion of this recent event, the former world number one revealed the first ones for the near future: her return should be set for next year.
She said: “I remember watching the Australian Open on television and I felt devastated, I had never missed one, I won there twice. While I was…
