After a first week in which her elaborate, creative on-court outfits have garnered more attention than her tennis, Naomi Osaka may now need to accept that talking about the latter really can’t be avoided any longer. She conceded as much later: “Ironically I kind of want to focus on my tennis now, so I might dial back a little bit.”
The four-time major winner arrived at Wimbledon on an excellent run on grass and has propelled herself to ever-higher levels match by match; levels which will make the remainder of the draw sit up and take notice after she dismantled the world No 1 and tournament favourite, Aryna Sabalenka, in the fourth round on Sunday.
