The US Open is in full swing, and Naomi Osaka shined throughout opening night time. For her match towards Greet Minnen, Osaka walked into Louis Armstrong Stadium shimmering from head to toe. Sporting an all-red Nike look, the four-time Grand Slam champion made an announcement with embellished pink rose hair equipment and glowing pink headphones that complemented the gildings on her jacket.
“It was actually elaborate as a result of the crystals are actually exhausting to do on a efficiency outfit,” she stated, per CNN. “I simply thought it could be actually enjoyable to do at New York below the lights. I’m glad that my first match was an evening match as a result of this outfit was actually enjoyable to play in. That is my night time outfit, so hopefully, I’ll put on my day outfit subsequent time. However yeah, it positively was actually elaborate.”
Amongst the outfit’s elaborate particulars was a custom-made blinged-out Labubu, a stylish bag attraction. Nonetheless, the usually fluffy figurine was lined in pink and gold crystals and featured a glowing blue tennis racket.
“She’s named Billie Jean Bling. Not Billie Jean King. Billie Jean Bling,” Osaka instructed reporters, which finally earned just a few chuckles.
After finally profitable the match towards Minnen, Osaka revealed that she had been planning the outfit for years. However her distinctive hair equipment got here collectively simply weeks earlier than the event’s kickoff.
“I used to be like, ‘Do you suppose that is attainable?’ Perhaps it was two weeks in the past,” Osaka stated. “Yeah, we sort of simply toss concepts round. Clearly the result is approach higher than I might have imagined.”
This U.S. Open is especially particular for Osaka, as it is going to be the primary time the tennis star’s two-year-old daughter, Shai, attends a tennis match.
“It could be her first time at a tennis match, so I don’t know the way loud she’s going to be,” Osaka instructed the Immediately present.
In her documentary, “Naomi Osaka: The Second Set,” the tennis star and mother defined that she has performed for “different individuals ” prior to now, however now, returning to tennis after a hiatus, she says her daughter is her major supply of motivation.
“Now I really feel like I’m taking part in for my daughter—wanting her to see me play and perceive how large tennis was in my life is considered one of my largest motivations coming again,” she revealed.
