Naomi Osaka: future multi GS winner
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Oops. Another thread tolive in infamy.
Mainad
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What a rise.
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NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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NuBas
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Petra is still highly affected from the attack, she has trust issues you have to believe.
Really wanna know what happened to her Japanese physio, maybe she had other things to do like family stuff cause I don't really like this new lady. Wish the Japanese one came back.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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It's hard for a physio because they have to travel as much as the player without the pay as much as the coach.
NuBas
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Who did the Kristy girl work with before?
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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Serena and Venus in 2016. Work for USTA before and witness to Bouchard fall on US Open.
Osaka steals almost all that Serena had lol.
NuBas
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I feel like Naomi's entourage doesn't suit her, you know what I mean? She seems like someone who would be like Petra and have only a few in her box.
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Dolgopolov85
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USO should be a great chance. Not too sure yet about clay, might pull off a surprise at Wimby though her past record isn't particularly encouraging.
stringertom
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Career best 3R at both Chunnel slams but I wouldn’t be surprised if she gets much further now with the high seeding AND more confidence.
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"Suit her?" If that's based on the public face she puts on, its just that--a face. The occupants of her player's box and known friends are not some whispering little group in a corner, no matter how much some want to paint Osaka as being that way.
Dolgopolov85
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Ah no, she's overpowering and outdefending opponents. She returned Kvitova's serve (almost same speed as Djokovic) from on or inside the baseline while Nadal... should I say Philippe Chatrier Court? Hingis was a genius tactician with low power. Osaka is showing mental maturity beyond her years but it's mainly what she can do technically and physically that the others can't. Let's see how much of her potential she actualises, but she's more like the next Graf/Serena.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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She thanked Kristy girl on her IG.
Lol at thanks to Sacha for only hitting with her in the past 2 weeks. Did Osaka also doesn't have hitting partner and hit with Sacha?
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You know, I think Osaka and Serena are destined to play each other again in a slam final at least once more.
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If she does, my bet is the USO. I'll be keenly looking to see how, now that she's "in her prime", her game works out on clay and grass. The proof we have right now though = HC Queen. Now that she's #1, how will she react? Is it even more pressure to deal with and does it shackle her, or does it release her and allow her to soar forward?
What do you reckon, NuBas?
NuBas
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I don't know she might surprise us at Roland Garros. Yeah perhaps the USO but if she gets at least another one this year, man that's superstar status.
Kristy? I remember an Esther Lee and I always wondered what happened to her.
Lets hope she has a better career than Hingis and her game has clearly been modeled after Serena's.
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Marius_Hancu
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I thought she already chose.
I think she won't be able to be a dual citizen after age 21
NuBas
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Wow.. what? I think we all know 100% the answer
@navigator checkout the 2 extensions of the Rafa Nadal Academy in resorts in Mexico:
https://www.rafanadaltenniscentre.com/en
No need to go to Europe
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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Good on Osaka still answer in whatever language that she wants.
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She jokes at this AO that before her win at USO18, she's stuck at 3R in slams (has made 3R in all 4 slams until USO18 I think). She broke that pattern and won USO18 and AO19 back-to-back. Sure, she will need to learn to move on clay and grass. Sharapova managed it, the self-proclaimed cow-on-ice in regards to clay, and I think Osaka will too. The tour nowadays have such homogenized surfaces that I'd be surprised if she doesn't make at least the QFs of RG/WB by end of next year. Some have even called her the female Djokovic. Look at Djokovic's slam career
.I think Osaka has a very good chance to win another slam this year (USO>>RG>WB). @NuBas , remember you not being confident of her chances winning AO19? I was a bit more confident than you, but also with a bit of hope bc she was somewhat injured at the end of 2018 and didn't win a match at the YEC. She didn't even play her best until SF/F at the AO19 and still won. She could still play better. So if she peaks, she's very hard to beat, just like Djokovic
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She jokes at this AO that before her win at USO18, she's stuck at 3R in slams (has made 3R in all 4 slams until USO18 I think). She broke that pattern and won USO18 and AO19 back-to-back. Sure, she will need to learn to move on clay and grass. Sharapova managed it, the self-proclaimed cow-on-ice in regards to clay, and I think Osaka will too. The tour nowadays have such homogenized surfaces that I'd be surprised if she doesn't make at least the QFs of RG/WB by end of next year. Some have even called her the female Djokovic. Look at Djokovic's slam career
I think Osaka has a very good chance to win another slam this year (USO>>RG>WB). @NuBas , remember you not being confident of her chances winning AO19? I was a bit more confident than you, but also with a bit of hope bc she was somewhat injured at the end of 2018 and didn't win a match at the YEC. She didn't even play her best until SF/F at the AO19 and still won. She could still play better. So if she peaks, she's very hard to beat, just like Djokovic
Yeah totally surprised, I only thought she'd make quarterfinals. Funny how she was almost out of tournament being down second set 4-1 or 5-1 to Hsieh just like how Li Na was almost out in early rounds on her AO win.
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navigator
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I didn't know about this but it looks very nice. Quite deluxe. A little pricey (for Mexico) at US$450/night for a room (the least expensive) and US$150/day for 3 hours of (group) tennis. So, you're looking at US$600/day for hotel + tennis. In Cartagena you could get the same thing for less than US$200/day... and you're in Cartagena. But, this place does look really nice (looks like two hotels are sharing one set of courts - not that it really matters). Personally, I wouldn't go to Europe specifically to go to Nadal's tennis center... it's a nice place, but it's not *that* nice. It's a great facility for tournaments, though.
PDJ
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Good call.
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oldmanfan
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Hope it's not serious. Possibly just a niggle and a precautionary decision since she didn't expect to win AO. Pulling out before the draw is made is good too. Dubai should be her next tournament, then IW?
Get well soon Naomi.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
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Might pull out of Dubai too. She's pretty much safe holding on to No. 1 until IW.
NuBas
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Hmm GOATS seem to have issues with their backs....
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