Let’s Hail the Calm and Collected Sportsmanship of Osaka Naomi (大坂なおみ)

Unseen Japan
Sep 9, 2018 · 4 min read

I woke up this morning to the Internet on fire. (I know — these days, that’s most mornings.) The topic du jour of my all-Japan-all-the-time Twitter feed was the now-infamous US Open match between Osaka Naomi (大坂なおみ) and Serena Williams. Osaka, the child of a Haitian-American father and Japanese mother, has been playing spectacular tennis all year, and she made history…

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