Naomi Osaka: News

29 Mar 2021

Tennis

Miami Open: Daniil Medvedev, Naomi Osaka reach fourth round

Men's singled top seed Daniil Medvedev hobbled into the fourth round of the Miami Open, defying crippling leg cramps to beat Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (7/9), 6-4.

27 Mar 2021

Tennis

Miami Open: Medvedev starts brightly, win for Osaka

Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev made the perfect start to his Miami Open title bid as he brushed aside Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2, 6-2.

20 Feb 2021

Tennis

Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady to win the Australian Open

Naomi Osaka overcame Jennifer Brady in the women's singles final of the Australian Open 2021.

19 Feb 2021

Tennis

Australian Open, women's singles final: Everything you need to know

Naomi Osaka reached the Australian Open final on Thursday to set up a summit clash against Jennifer Brady.

12 Feb 2021

Serena Williams

Serena Williams registers 90th Australian Open victory

Veteran tennis legend Serena Williams reached the fourth round of the Australian Open 2021 event.

14 Sep 2020

Tennis

US Open 2020: A look at interesting stats

Austria's Dominic Thiem scripted history at the Arthur Ashe Stadium after winning his maiden US Open title.

13 Sep 2020

Tennis

Naomi Osaka wins her second US Open title: Records broken

Number four seed Naomi Osaka won her second US Open title with an extraordinary victory against Victoria Azarenka in the final.

11 Sep 2020

Serena Williams

US Open: Osaka reaches final, Azarenka ends Williams' journey

Day 11 of the 2020 US Open saw two high-voltage women's semi-finals in prime time at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

09 Sep 2020

Tennis

US Open, Day 9: Osaka, Zverev book semi-finals spot

World number nine Naomi Osaka returned to US Open semi-finals for the first time since 2018 when she captured her maiden Grand Slam title.

23 May 2020

Maria Sharapova

Naomi Osaka becomes world's highest-paid female athlete: Details here

Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka has surpassed the legendary Serena Williams as the world's highest-paid female athlete.

28 Mar 2020

Tennis

Sport will unite us again, says Osaka amid coronavirus outbreak

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has backed Japan's decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games to 2021.

24 Jan 2020

Serena Williams

Australian Open: Coco Gauff stuns defending champion Naomi Osaka

The shock factor of the Australian Open continued on Friday as women's defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan was handed a defeat.

22 Jan 2020

Tennis

Australian Open 2020: The major happenings on Day 3

The Australian Open 2020 continued to gather pace and we had another superb day of action on Day 3 of the event at Melbourne Park.

19 Jan 2020

Serena Williams

Australian Open 2020: These contenders could win women's singles title

The 108th edition of the opening Grand Slam of the year, Australian Open, gets underway from Monday.

19 Jan 2020

Tennis

Australian Open 2020: All that you need to know

The Australian Open is set to start from January 20 onwards with the world's top guns begin their pursuit of major glory on the blue hard courts at Melbourne Park.

03 Sep 2019

Tennis

US Open 2019: All the major results from Day 8

Day 8 of the US Open 2019 saw women's singles defending champion Naomi Osaka get knocked out by Belinda Bencic.

01 Sep 2019

Tennis

US Open 2019: All the major results from Day 6

Rafael Nadal made the most out of his extended break after a walkover to win his third round clash at the US Open 2019.

25 Aug 2019

Tennis

US Open: Carlos Ramos banned from officiating Williams sisters matches

Tennis umpire Carlos Ramos has been banned from officiating matches involving Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, at the US Open 2019.

22 Aug 2019

Tennis

US Open 2019: Preview, key players and seedings

The US Open is the final Grand Slam of the year and top tennis players will be aiming to make it count at the Flushing Meadows.

17 Aug 2019

Tennis

Cincinnati Masters: Djokovic in semis, Osaka forced to retire

World number one men's tennis player Novak Djokovic reached the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.

10 Aug 2019

Serena Williams

Rogers Cup: Osaka beaten by Serena in quarters, Rafa advances

23-times women's singles Grand Slam winner Serena Williams overcame Naomi Osaka in the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup 2019.

26 May 2019

Serena Williams

Here're the women to watch out for in French Open

The French Open 2019 is all set to get underway from today, as the intensity is expected to be at its peak.

24 Mar 2019

Tennis

Miami Open: Osaka knocked out, Federer survives scare

Women's singles world number one Naomi Osaka was stunned by a determined Hsieh Su-Wei in the third round of the Miami Open.

23 Mar 2019

Tennis

Miami Open: Thiem knocked out, other top stars progress

Dominic Thiem, who beat Roger Federer recently to win the Indian Wells title, got knocked out by Polish 22-year-old Hubert Hurkacz in the second round of the Miami Open.

12 Mar 2019

Tennis

Indian Wells: Osaka, Venus surge ahead, Zverev ousted

Defending champion and world number one Naomi Osaka has continued her march in the BNP Paribas Open.

10 Mar 2019

Tennis

Indian Wells: Naomi Osaka through, Venus downs Kvitova

Women's singles world number one Naomi Osaka started her Indian Wells title defense a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Kristina Mladenovic.

26 Jan 2019

Grand Slams

Naomi Osaka is the 2019 Australian Open champion

2018 US Open women's singles winner Naomi Osaka won her second consecutive Grand Slam.

24 Jan 2019

Tennis

#AUSOpen: Can Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova to win title?

US Open 2018 women's singles winner Naomi Osaka booked her second successive Grand Slam finale.

23 Jan 2019

Serena Williams

Serena Williams knocked out of Australian Open 2019

Veteran women's singles tennis star Serena Williams has crashed out of the Australian Open 2019.

17 Jan 2019

Tennis

Australian Open 2019: Key results of Day four

Day four of the Australian Open 2019 saw some mouth-watering clashes unfold.

05 Nov 2018

Serena Williams

Serena went too far in US Open final: Roger Federer

20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer has said that fellow tennis legend Serena Williams "went too far" in her outburst at the on-court official during September's US Open finale.

02 Oct 2018

Serena Williams

Naomi Osaka claims US Open victory not the happiest moment

Japanese youth sensation Naomi Osaka, who defeated Serena Williams to win the US Open 2018, has claimed that the title victory isn't the happiest memory for her.

11 Sep 2018

Serena Williams

#SerenaWilliamsMeltdown: "Upset people are offended, but won't take cartoon down"

An Australian cartoonist, Mark Knight is under public fire for drawing a cartoon of Serena Williams' meltdown in the US Open Final which is supposedly "racist and repugnant".

09 Sep 2018

Serena Williams

US Open: All you need to know about Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka stunned Serena Williams in the women's singles final of the US Open 2018.

09 Sep 2018

Reddit

Serena is a Queen, don't let anyone tell you otherwise

Three things are obvious: Serena Williams is a Godsend to teach all of us humility and compassion, she is the greatest woman tennis player to have lived, and her career dotted with Grand Slams and seemingly impossible comebacks is a case study.

09 Sep 2018

Serena Williams

"Not a cheater," Serena furiously tells umpire, later highlights sexism

Tennis superstar Serena Williams didn't let umpire Carlos Ramos get away with calling her a cheater in the finals of US Open, and said the latter owed her an apology.

06 Sep 2018

Tennis

US Open 2018: Japanese delight as Nishikori, Osaka advance

Day 10 saw two Japanese singles players reach the semis of a Slam for the first time.

22 Mar 2018

Serena Williams

Miami Open: Serena knocked out by Osaka, Azarenka through

Serena's comeback to tennis after a 14-month lay-off hasn't quite gone as per her plans.

19 Mar 2018

Tennis

Indian Wells: Potro edges past Federer to win the title

Roger Federer's 17-match unbeaten run in 2018 finally came to an end as the Swiss maestro went down against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

17 Mar 2018

Tennis

Indian Wells: 'Giant Killer' Osaka defeats Halep in semis

Naomi Osaka's streak of beating world class players continued at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.