She beat her childhood idol, Serena Williams, becoming one of America's most popular athletes ... even though she plays for Japan. She’s now a two-time US Open champion.
This is the story of Naomi Osaka.
This is the story of Naomi Osaka.
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00:00Okay, so I just wanted to clarify this one more time for the people who don't understand
00:08You see this
00:10This is
00:12ethnicity
00:13Okay
00:15Read it
00:16Figure it out get into it and then this
00:21What is that? That's nationality. It's different from ethnicity. Oh my god. I'm truly shook
00:30Music
00:57Hi, I'm Naomi
00:58And this is an introduction to the people that asked me what I do. So welcome to my brain
01:28I
01:48Always want to do well, but at the same time I don't want to
01:53Put too much like burden on myself
01:56To keep having high expectations
02:18I
02:26Know
02:51Accomplished a lot of things that I've wanted to ever since I was growing up
02:55And I'm just trying to help my mom and dad. You know, they raised her so well that she is so humble and she doesn't you know,
03:02Overthink it there's still a lot more she wants to achieve and I'm just here trying to help her
03:17I
03:20I
03:33She's very nice and she's of course my whole life she's someone I've looked up to so that's not gonna change
03:50I
04:01Was really weird for me that whole experience because it did feel like a dream and I still don't really feel like it happened
04:08Even though I'm holding the trophy. So I think
04:11Like every hour that passes it feels more and more real
04:14So I think it's one of those things that I'm always gonna treasure that memory
04:49I
05:19You