Tennis star Naomi Osaka is currently one of the top-ranked players in the world.
In 2019, she became the first player from Asia to be named the No.
1 on thewomen’s world tennis ranking, (viaReuters).
She earned the coveted top spot after winning her second consecutive Grand Slam title at the 2019 Australian Open.
She’s also taken home the top prize at two U.S.
Opens and is currently ranked No.
2 on the official women’s world tennis ranking.
As many fans can recall, the tennis champion hails from Osaka, Japan, (Biography).
Her mother, Tamaki Osaka, is from Japan while her father Leonard Maxime Francois is originally from Haiti.
Its clear that Osaka chose to keep Japan close to her heart because she uses her Japanese surname.
This explains whyNaomi Osakauses her mother’s last name.
