‘Felt Like She Was Rolling in the Air’- Naomi Osaka’s Ambitious Fire to Rise Above Her Sister Revealed in Their Mother’s Personal Confession

The dedication that Tamaki Osaka, the mother of Naomi Osaka had to turn her kids into professional players was commendable. After being inspired by the triumph and success of the Williams sisters, she wanted her daughters to be the next big thing in tennis. That is something that laid the foundation of something extraordinary.

However, she had to work hard enough to make her dream come true. In a recent interview, she talked about the hardships that she had to go through. She also revealed the competition between their kids while they were young.

Tamaki Osaka’s mother reveals the feeling of competition between the Osaka sisters

When they were young, their mother used to take them to gymnastics school. The motive behind this was to increase their balance and strength. While the girls attended school, their mother had to do additional jobs like overtime or teaching tuition to help pay the fees of the classes.

Out of the two sisters, Mari, who was the elder one showed brilliant results in the training. She was far better than most of the children despite being just 3 years old. She used to run from one end of the balance beam to the other. Not only this, her mother revealed that she was surprised to see her doing the backward somersaults on a trampoline. This took her parents by surprise.

Naomi was 1 and a half years younger than her sister but tried to just imitate what her sister did. Her mother revealed that she used to jump and then put her head down like a roll to feel like she was floating in the air. “Naomi would jump a few centimeters and put her head down like for a roll. She felt like she was rolling in the air,” said Tamaki.

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Thus, this event sheds light on the competitive nature of the younger one among the two. Naomi being the younger, wanted to imitate her sister and replicate as much as she can.

Where are the Osaka sisters now and what are they doing?

Talking about the Osaka sisters, Naomi Osaka is out of the court for a while as she has just given birth to her baby. Throughout her career, Naomi has managed to bag 4 grand slams. Her last victory came at the 2021 Australian Open.

Mari Osaka, on the other hand, is a fashion designer. Earlier, she was also a tennis player like her sister Naomi. Not only this, she also managed to make it to 4 ITF finals in her career. She made her debut in the year 2014 at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic. However, it was only late in 2019 when she made her debut in singles.

Rather than making it further she decided to call it quits after just 2 years. Since then, she has been a renowned fashion designer. Thus, both sisters have made a great name for themselves while making their mom’s dream come true.

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