Naomi Osaka has teased a future doubles partnership and rumours suggest she may step on the court with Nick Kyrgios. The Aussie enjoys playing with a partner and captured the men’s doubles title with compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open in January - the first Australian duo to win the tournament since 1997.
Former world number one Osaka is keen to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon this summer, and she has yet to confirm who her partner will be. However, she shares the same agent as the enigmatic Kyrgios - sparking rumours that he would be the one to join her at SW19.
“So I have been like really trying to focus on my net game because I’m going to play mixed doubles in Wimbledon – I know, shocking right? I’m shocked too,” the Japanese star revealed. “I really don’t want to like disappoint the person I’m playing with because whenever I play doubles I always say sorry, I’m going to try not being a liability, if this person sees it and they want to like respond, they can do that, but I don’t know.
