Naomi Osaka

Spaniard crushes Vondrousova 6-1, 6-0 in semis; world number one gets walkover after Serena pulls out with injury

Osaka became the first Asian player to become world number one after her US Open and Aussie Open victory

Japanese still believes hero and rival Williams is still the leading player as the Australia Open starts on Feb 8.

Japanese next meets Irina-Camelia Begu as she ramps up preparations for the Australian Open starting Monday

Three-time Grand Slam champ hit 22 winners to move into the third round of the Gippsland Trophy with a 6-2, 6-2 win

Dynamic duo will join Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic in playing a pre-Australian Open warm-up exhibition

2020 saw compelling storylines despite pandemic wiping out half season, including Wimbledon

Athlete activists are not a new breed but sport and protest have been a polarising volatile mix

Most of the Japanese stars' income comes from set of lucrative sponsorship deals

Japanese star made the announcement just days after lifting her third major title behind closed doors at the US Open

"It made me stronger because I felt like I have more desire to win because I want to show more names"

Japanese defeated Victoria Azarenka to claim her second title in three years with a 1-6 6-3 6-3 comeback win

Japanese star said her victory was payback for three previous defeats to the 93rd-ranked Rogers

Japanese star will play 27-year-old Shelby Rogers for a place in the semi-finals

Serb beats Struff 6-3, 6-3, 6-1, while off-court intrigue delays another men’s singles match

Japanese star thought reaction to her stance was more reserved for tennis’ big names

22-year-old previously said she would withdraw from the match to protest against racial injustice

"I had a crowd in my head or something. It was actually funny to me. For me, it was like there was a crowd there"

The event will be played from August 31 inside the National Tennis Center bubble without spectators

22-year-old would also be playing in the Western and Southern Open in New York this year

The event was scheduled for November and was won by Japan's Naomi Osaka last year

Tennis star joins other sports figures in speaking out against racism and police violence

22-year-old said that the event will be better for moving to next year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Tennis prodigy’s rise through ranks offers lessons to learn from

It will be just the second installment of a budding rivalry that could light up tennis for the next decade

Japan's star defeated the teenager in straight sets of last year's US Open in their only previous match

Japanese, the world's second highest-paid female athlete after Serena Williams, powered through 6-2, 6-4 in 80 minutes

Serena Williams can make history at the Australian Open as she pursues a 24th Grand Slam singles title

Japanese star bumped into Beyonce and Jay-Z while still "depressed" after losing at US Open

21-year-old Japanese won over current number one Ashleigh Barty in Beijing's China Open final

Former world number one defeats Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3

Split with Jenkins comes as Osaka returns home for the Pan Pacific Open

21-year-old Japanese star pleaded with Gauff to stay on the court and join her for a post-match interview

It was another comeback for Gauff, who worked her way back from a one-set deficit in her first-round match

Osaka must retain her Flushing Meadows crown to have a chance of remaining world number one

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka are the defending champions at the US Open

Former world number one Roger Federer, seeking a 21st Grand Slam crown, is seeded third for the tournament

Japanese star could lose her world number one ranking if Australian Ashleigh Barty wins her semi-final on Saturday

US and Australian Open champion needed more than two hours to outlast Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 6-2

American beats Japan star 6-3, 6-4 for first time in their third meeting

It would be the first match between Naomi and Williams since she defeated her idol in last year's US Open final

French Open champion was defeated by a 20-year-old Kenin who triumphed 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4

23-time Grand Slam singles champion earned $29.2 million in the 12-month period

The Japanese has failed to win a tournament, lost her number one ranking and crashed out at Wimbledon

Top seed and world number one is seeking a fifth Wimbledon and 16th major as the Serb faces Philipp Kohlschreiber

Japanese saw her hopes of a third consecutive Grand Slam title end in a dispiriting third round exit at Roland Garros

Australian became the first player from her country to win in Paris since Margaret Court in 1973

It was 37-year-old Serena's earliest exit at the Slams since a third-round loss to Alize Cornet at Wimbledon in 2014

37-year-old American is still waiting for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam triumph

21-year-old hasn't reached another final since Melbourne while her clay court season has been blighted by injury