Osaka: "A couple years ago, I had a dinner with her in Australia, and she was telling me she might go to college. I was telling her, Don't do that.
"You're welcome, Iga. Anyways... (Smiling)."
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- Two historic milestones in the #AusOpen juniors today: 🇮🇷 Meshkatolzahra Safi became the 1st girl from Iran to win a Grand Slam juniors match. 🇰🇪 Angella Okutoyi became the 1st girl from Kenya to win a Grand Slam juniors match.
- Naomi Osaka: “When I shook her hand, I saw that she was tearing up a little. It reminded me how young she was. "I wanted her to have her head high, not walk off the court sad. I want her to be aware that she's accomplished so much and she's still so young.” #USOpen
- 10 years. 2008 Roland Garros girls’ champ. 2018 Roland Garros women's champ. What a journey @Simona_Halep @rolandgarros.
- Osaka: I was thinking about when we had dinner in Australia. Watching ur journey is incredible. I hope u continue having fun. Swiatek: When I watched u win USO, I wouldn’t have even thought I'd be playing vs. u. You’re an inspiration, this sport is better with u. So keep going.
- 20-year-old Iga Swiatek is set to become Poland’s first World No.1 in tennis history. With her 2R win at #MiamiOpen, Swiatek will take over the No.1 ranking from retired Ash Barty on Monday, April 4th. Swiatek will be the 28th @WTA singles No.1.
- The Swiatek Streak and Sweep - 17 consecutive wins - 20 consecutive sets - 1st to sweep the 1st 3 @WTA 1000s in a season - 4th woman and youngest to win the Sunshine Double - 6-1 in WTA finals - Has won 12 straight sets in finals 1st Polish World No.1 on Monday.
00:00 - Iga Swiatek starts her press conference announcing that for #WorldMentalHealthDay she’s donating her 3R prize money to a mental health non-profit. #BNPPO21
- Swiatek: "It wasn't easy to find solutions and to find other tactics and do something differently, because I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong.” Says she stopped focusing on the technical and started…singing Dua Lipa. "That's not the 1st time. I'm always singing something."
- On ESPN, Osaka says there’s so much that people don’t see. They don’t read transcripts or watch press interviews. “They don’t know that we go into the locker room and cry.” Says she wanted Coco to have the opportunity to speak to the people who were supporting her so hard.
- World No.1 Iga Swiatek finishes one of the best seasons of the century with a 67-9 record, capturing 8 titles including 2 Slams, 4 WTA 1000s, running of a century-best 37-match win streak, and going 15-2 against the Top 10.
- Gauff: I have known Iga since she was probably ranked lower, and now that she's No.1, nothing has really changed other than her tennis. But behind the scenes, she's as nice as I think you guys see in the press conferences. I think that's really important and rare to see.
