She also faces a Swede in Rebecca Peterson.
January 16, 2019US Open winner Naomi Osaka admitted on Saturday that she was naturally shy and said one of her key goals in the off-season had been to work on her confidence and become more mature.
January 12, 2019Japanese star Naomi Osaka said her US Open victory in September had given her the self-belief to be able to come from behind and win tight matches.
January 4, 2019Brooks Koepka, this year's US Open and PGA Championship winner, was announced as the US PGA Tour Player of the Year, having won a vote by tour players.
October 10, 2018US Open champion Naomi Osaka has pulled out of this week's Hong Kong Open to prevent aggravating a slight back injury, organisers said on Sunday.
October 7, 2018US Open champion Naomi Osaka overcame her emotions to roar back and defeat unseeded Zhang Shuai 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a roller-coaster China Open quarter-final on Friday.
October 5, 2018"I don't like the word 'cool' because then I feel like when someone meets me, they'll be disappointed or something," Osaka told reporters in Beijing.
October 3, 2018Novak Djokovic is back home in Belgrade preparing for an offensive to regain the world number one spot after roaring back into top form by winning the US Open.
October 2, 2018"There's a lot of stuff I want to say about how I felt and whatever," the world number six said.
October 2, 2018Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka not only hit the cash jackpot with her historic US Open victory -- she struck a blow for racial equality, according to a former Miss Japan.
September 24, 2018The second instalment of the Laver Cup comes at just the right time for 14-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic who is back in top form after winning the US Open.
September 20, 2018The 32-year-old said he visited doctors in Barcelona on Monday and has subsequently made the decision to play neither the ATP 500 event in Beijing nor the Masters 1000 in Shanghai.
September 20, 2018"I didn't really feel any pressure," said Osaka, who reached the Tokyo final in 2016.
September 19, 2018The US Open later said Lahyani "went beyond protocol" with his conduct.
September 19, 2018Naomi Osaka has put her US Open tears down to shredded nerves and her natural awkwardness, rather than the tantrum thrown by Serena Williams that overshadowed a historic Japanese win.
September 17, 2018During the final against Osaka, Williams got a warning from the chair umpire for violating a rarely enforced rule against receiving coaching from the sidelines.
September 13, 2018In the cartoon the umpire is seen saying to Osaka "can't you just let her win?".
September 11, 2018