Naomi Osaka expressed her satisfaction with Seiko Hashimoto’s appointment as the new president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee. The appointment came after the resignation of the 83-year-old’s Yoshiro Mori following his sexist remarks.
Naomi was elated for having a woman holding that position for what was seen as a statement after Mori’s gaffe. Naomi was happy as she sees the move toward equality. She commented:
“I think for me, what it means is that there’s a lot of things I think people used to accept, the things that used to be said, but you’re seeing the newer generation not tolerate a lot of things.”
“I feel like it’s really good because you’re pushing forward, barriers are being broken down, especially for females”
Osaka’s opinion is extremely important because the world no.3 is widely considered the face of the Games.
Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open
Naomi is about to play the final in Melbourne after she defeated Serena Wiliams in the final 4. She is the favorite to conquer her 4th major after she conquered this very slam in 2019 and the US Open in 2018 and 2020.
Osaka at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.3, Naomi has achieved an overall 9-0 win-loss record in 2021. Naomi is now competing at the Australian Open where she managed to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-2, Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3, Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2, Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-4 7-5, Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-2 and Serena Williams 6-3 6-4.
Naomi Osaka will come up against Brady in the final. Their current record is 2-1 for Osaka.
Naomi won 6 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
