Our models often include family figures, such as parents, siblings, grandparents. Or famous stars, from sports, from entertainment, those who work for social equality, those who fight against the toughest diseases, those who take sides against bloody wars.
Naomi Osaka encompasses all of this. In recent days she played in the World Group of the Billie Jean King Cup where, in addition to the performances on the court, she released interesting words about her best female models.
The Japanese explained how she adores former stars like Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova or Li Na, but her best female role model remains her mother Tamaki, revealing that she now understands all the sacrifices made by her mother.
“Yeah, I mean, I love Serena Serena, Maria Sharapova, Li Na… So I can name a lot of them but, I think it’s really cool because growing up, obviously, you have to have role models to believe that you can do something
My biggest female role model was my mother simply because I watched her a lot growing up and probably emulated her a couple of times. But I think now I’ll have a daughter and I guess she’ll realize all the sacrifices she had to make,” she explained.
Naomi’s role models include…
