The life of Naomi Osaka

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She beat her childhood idol, Serena Williams, becoming one of America's most popular athletes ... even though she plays for Japan. She’s now a two-time US Open champion.   This is the story of Naomi Osaka.

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00:00Okay, so I just wanted to clarify this one more time for the people who don't understand

00:08You see this

00:10This is

00:12ethnicity

00:13Okay

00:15Read it

00:16Figure it out get into it and then this

00:21What is that? That's nationality. It's different from ethnicity. Oh my god. I'm truly shook

00:30Music

00:57Hi, I'm Naomi

00:58And this is an introduction to the people that asked me what I do. So welcome to my brain

01:28I

01:48Always want to do well, but at the same time I don't want to

01:53Put too much like burden on myself

01:56To keep having high expectations

02:18I

02:26Know

02:51Accomplished a lot of things that I've wanted to ever since I was growing up

02:55And I'm just trying to help my mom and dad. You know, they raised her so well that she is so humble and she doesn't you know,

03:02Overthink it there's still a lot more she wants to achieve and I'm just here trying to help her

03:17I

03:20I

03:33She's very nice and she's of course my whole life she's someone I've looked up to so that's not gonna change

03:50I

04:01Was really weird for me that whole experience because it did feel like a dream and I still don't really feel like it happened

04:08Even though I'm holding the trophy. So I think

04:11Like every hour that passes it feels more and more real

04:14So I think it's one of those things that I'm always gonna treasure that memory

04:49I

05:19You

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