Japan’s Naomi Osaka hits a forehand return to Donna Vekic of Croatia during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)Naomi Osaka, an 18-year-old tennis player from Japan, faced a room overflowing with Japanese journalists on Tuesday after beating Donna Vekic in the first round of the Australian Open for her first-ever win at a Grand Slam tournament.As is customary at news conferences at Melbourne Park, the moderator called for questions in English first. Osaka looked alarmed, then asked sheepishly, “English only?”She was serious — she is still learning Japanese.Osaka was born …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
