At the Roland Garros media day, Japanese Naomi Osaka talked about some very interesting topics. The 4-time Grand Slam champion focused on her dominant period, compared to the current dominance of Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka. Naomi reflected on the differences between these two periods, underlining how the differences or similarities are also a question of perception.
“Have I been as dominant in my past as Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka are now? In this part of my journey, I’m not really comparing myself right now. Maybe later, when I have more confidence and reach the level I want, maybe on hard courts I’ll be able to start doing that, but for now I really feel like I’m really learning again. I think it’s more of an external perspective. For me, I’m so focused on what I’m doing. And I know they play incredible tennis and they almost always do. And I’ve never been the type of player to do that anyway. So I consider them an inspiration and I don’t know,” she told.
Naomi Osaka says Iga Swiatek & Aryna Sabalenka are playing incredible tennis almost all the time & that she was never the type of player to do that, even at her best
“In your past days you were as dominant as Iga Swiatek and Sabalenka right now. How far away do you think you are…