NEW YORK — All the pieces got here up roses for Naomi Osaka in her US Open first-round match.
The 2-time champion entered the court docket Tuesday with sparkly purple roses in her ponytail, extra sparkles on her purple outfit and even an identical Labubu that she named “Billie Jean Bling.”
Osaka’s tennis regarded good, too. The No. 23 seed from Japan beat Greet Minnen 6-3, 6-4.
Osaka mentioned the work on her Nike outfit began way back, however the plan for her hair accent — which she eliminated earlier than the match — got here collectively extra just lately.
“It was actually elaborate, as a result of the crystals are actually onerous to do on a efficiency outfit,” Osaka mentioned. “I simply thought it might be actually enjoyable to do [for] New York underneath the lights. I’m glad that my first match was an evening match, as a result of this outfit was actually enjoyable to play. That is my night time outfit, so hopefully I’ll put on my day outfit subsequent time.”
Someday previously couple of weeks, she consulted her stylist in regards to the thought for a ponytail with roses in it.
“I used to be like, ‘Do you suppose that is doable?’ Perhaps it was two weeks in the past,” Osaka mentioned. “Yeah, we type of simply toss concepts round. Clearly, the end result is manner higher than I might have imagined.”
Simply not fairly proper to play tennis in.
“I did at all times know I used to be going to take the hair off, as a result of it’s actually heavy,” Osaka mentioned. “There have been a few instances that I performed in braids, and even that was type of borderline. So yeah, I simply did it for the presentation.”
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