World No. 2 tennis participant Naomi Osaka has been named ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ on the Laureus World Sports Awards for her achievements on and off the courtroom, whereas tennis legend Billie Jean King was awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Laureus Academy. This is Osaka’s second recognition on the Laureus Sports Awards. She received the ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ award in 2019 after a season that noticed her win her first WTA title on the BNP Paribas Open and start her ascent to the highest of the sport along with her first US Open title that fall.
Osaka was additionally nominated for ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ in 2020 after a season by which she captured her first Australian Open title and turn out to be the primary Japanese participant to ascend to World No.1.
“I’ve watched so a lot of my position fashions win this (Sportswoman) award, so it undoubtedly means loads now to be holding it,” Osaka said on Friday. “I am so happy to receive it. It really means a lot to me.”
Coming out of a season interrupted by the game’s shutdown as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, Osaka emerged because the dominant power on arduous courts. The 24-year-old marched by the US summer time season, making the Western & Southern Open last earlier than capturing the US Open, her third main title.
She continued her kind in 2021, profitable back-to-back Slams for the second time in her profession after capturing her fourth main, on the Australian Open in February.
Osaka’s impression was not restricted between the tramlines. During the Western & Southern Open, the Japanese joined within the athlete-led protests concerning racial injustice in America, a call that led to a one-day stoppage in play. At the US Open, in an effort to boost consciousness about racial injustice, Osaka wore seven masks with seven names of black victims of racial violence.
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova offered Billie Jean King along with her ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’, in recognition of her excellence on the tennis courtroom in addition to her life’s work in pursuit of gender and racial equality.
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