Naomi Osaka’s Coach, Sasha Bajin has just started partnering with the Japanese and he has great plans.
Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams are about to clash in the US Open final. On the one hand, this is Osaka’s first slam final, on the other Serena is aiming at equaling Margaret Court record of 24 slams.
Even if the Japanese and the American are at a completely different stage of their careers, there are some similarities between the two.
What Naomi Osaka’s coach, Sasha Bajin, said.
Sasha Bajin has been for a long time the hitting partner of Serena Williams, and he knows many things about the former world no.1. He has recently started to coach Naomi Osaka, and he can see a lot of similarities in their tennis even if their personalities are a bit different. Sascha commented
“They really are different people, because the only similarity they have is that they have the same hair, big hair,” Bajin said with a laugh. “I believe that they want to play the same. They are very powerful, big servers, big hitters, both of them. But even on court, Serena is very aggressive, and Naomi, I have to push her to get a fist pump out of her.
Off court, too, Naomi is a little bit more reserved, just a little bit more shy. When I was with Serena, she was a little bit more outgoing. On court she’s more of a boss, kind of like, than Naomi is now.
We are all, in the team, working hard to make sure that Naomi one day might own the court like Serena.”
Serena and Naomi have already played each other once in the 1st round in Miami this year when the Japanese demolished 6-3 6-2. However, everyone is aware that that one was not the “Real Serena” as she was still struggling in her comeback. This US Open final will be the real deal.
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