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Wow performance at French OpenTennis superstar enchants audience with spectacular outfit
Naomi Osaka showed another special outfit in Paris.
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When it comes to Naomi Osaka, the question of what she wears before and during the match is just as interesting as what she wears after her performance. She enjoys the fans' guesswork and wins again. For Jan-Lennard Struff, however, it is a clear bankruptcy.
Visually an eye-catcher again, sportily top again: Japan's tennis star Naomi Osaka continues to make headlines at the French Open. The former world number one won against Croatian Donna Vekic 7:6 (7:1), 6:4 and is in the third round of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris for the first time in seven years.
“To be honest, it means a lot to me,” said Osaka, adding to the audience: “It’s like another milestone, I just hope I can play more matches in front of you.”
Then the visitors to Roland Garros can continue to enjoy the fashion appearances of Osaka, who is known for her extravagant outfits. When arriving before her second round match, the four-time Grand Slam tournament winner wore a white train before playing in a glittering gold match outfit. “I think it’s fun,” Osaka said. A kind of community has already formed that is racking its brains over their outfits. She wants people to continue puzzling about it. “I enjoy you guys enjoying it.”
Meanwhile, Jan-Lennard Struff did not follow Alexander Zverev into the third round of the French Open. The 36-year-old was clearly defeated by Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria 5:7, 6:7 (1:7), 2:6. Struff, who had defeated the top ten player Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan at the start, didn't really find his game throughout the match. Faria was slightly better than the German Davis Cup player in almost all respects.
This makes third-placed Zverev in the world rankings, who won against Czech Tomas Machac in three sets on Wednesday evening without any danger, the only male German tennis professional remaining in the tournament. Among the women, Tamara Korpatsch from Hamburg is still in the third round.
Osaka had already made a little show out of her choice of outfit in the opening match against German player Laura Siegemund. “So I come here to play tennis and not to do a fashion show. If others do a fashion show, then they should do that, that's okay with me,” Siegemund said at Eurosport.
At the Grand Slam tournaments, attention is now paid to every second, “and she can still change for another minute and a half, so I have a problem with that,” criticized the 38-year-old. This is an example in which “bigger names are once again treated differently,” said Siegmund: “That's the only thing that interests me. Whether someone comes with the train or not, that doesn't really matter to me.”
Sources used: dbe/dpa
