Rising tennis star Naomi Osaka is one of the fiercest competitors on the court. However, off the court, the Japanese revealed that she doesn’t have anyone who she can call a friend in the professional tennis circuit. Osaka enjoyed a decent run in the Covid impacted 2020 season. She managed to rack up 16 wins in 19 overall matches and proved her prowess on the hard courts.
Osaka finished the year at World ranking No.3 and topped the earning charts in women’s category.
I don’t want to get too close to another player: Osaka
Naomi Osaka spoke with American basketball manager Rich Kleiman in a live session and opened up about her camaraderie with other players.
The Japanese star said that while she can’t speak for others, she doesn’t really have friends in the professional tennis circuit.
“I can speak on me, I don’t really have that many friends on Tour. Not on purpose, but I just feel like I’m so busy that I’m sort of like in and out of the locker room,” said the reigning US Open women’s singles champion.
Osaka goes on to comment, “I know that other players have friends that are also tennis players but a part of men also thinks like everyone really wants to win a tournament. So there is a sort of a thing like, you know, ‘I don’t want to get too close to another player. I could be making this up, but yeah,” Osaka concluded.
