4 min readOct 18, 2018
Our Obsession With Naomi Osaka’s Identity Isn’t Really About Her — It’s About Us
On Sep. 8, Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese-born player to win a tennis Grand Slam when she defeated her role model, the legendary Serena Williams, in straight sets at the U.S. Open. What clearly should have been a most triumphant moment in Osaka’s life quickly turned into an emotional nightmare, as a wild sequence of events, starting with…
