Naomi Osaka - audio biography

Naomi Osaka (大坂 なおみ, Ōsaka Naomi, Japanese pronunciation: [oːsaka naomi] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese], born October 16, 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis] player. She has been ranked No. 1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WTA_number_1_ranked_tennis_players] by the Women's Tennis Association [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association] (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)] singles champion, and is the reigning champion at the US Open [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles] and the Australian Open [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles]. Her seven titles on the WTA Tour also include two at the Premier Mandatory level. At the 2018 US Open [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles] and the 2019 Australian Open [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles], Osaka won her first two Grand Slam singles titles in back-to-back Grand Slam tournaments, and is the first player to achieve this feat since Jennifer Capriati [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Capriati] in 2001. She also became the first woman to win successive Grand Slam singles titles since Serena Williams [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena_Williams] in 2015.