Naomi Osaka may be skipping Wimbledon, but she has big dreams for the Tokyo Olympics.
Naomi Osaka may be skipping Wimbledon, but she has big dreams for the Tokyo Olympics. Osaka, who was born in Japan to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother, wants to win singles gold at the Games to inspire a younger generation. Tennis runs July 24-Aug.1 at the Olympics. “It would honestly mean the world to me to bring home a gold in Japan,” Osaka,23, told BusinessInsider.com. “I think it would take some time to fully sink in, but to be able to win a gold on my country’s soil, knowing the youngest generation is watching – it makes me emotional to know I have the opportunity to make an entire generation inspired and an entire country proud.” Osaka, the No.2 ranked woman in the world, withdrew last month from the French Open after being fined $15,000 for refusing to do media interviews while citing concerns about her mental health. Wimbledon officials then said they were engaged in talks with her camp about how to handle media at their event, but she opted to withdraw from the grass court Slam, which begins Monday.
