Naomi Osaka is off to a flying start at Wimbledon. While her performance on grass wasn’t going well recently, with early round exits in Berlin and then Bad Homburg, the four-time slam queen has regained her form. Just in time. She beat Australia’s Talia Gibson on Monday in the first round at the All England Club. While she was extremely happy with the result, one unexpected news left her surprised. Turns out, her upcoming partner at the US Open mixed doubles event was present at Court No.18.
After she ousted Gibson with a score line of 6-4, 7-6(4), Osaka was informed, in the post-match conference, that Nick Kyrgios was watching her match. He was sitting in her player’s box. As it turns out, there’s a little story behind his visit. During the interview, Osaka revealed, “I jokingly told someone, ‘Hey, I know Nick’s around. Maybe he wants to come to my match.’ But I was joking. Because I know we’re like 2 completely different players.”
She added, “Honestly I would’ve loved to come to his matches because I know he’s pretty fun. I think that’s also a big part of why we’re different. I know he kind of tells his box what to do and he probably would’ve noticed if I was in there, and I kind of like zone out most of the time. That’s a little embarrassing that he was there. But yeah, I guess it was cool that he was there.” Moreover, she also ended up sharing few words of wisdom and ‘inspiration’ for Kyrgios to take from her. “I am glad he came to my match. I hope in some way maybe he felt.. I wouldn’t be bold enough to say ‘inspired,’ but I hope he can relate a little bit to the things I do, too.”
Naomi Osaka says she didn’t know Nick Kyrgios was in her box for her 1st round match at Wimbledon
“Nick was in your box.”
Naomi: “Oh he was there? I didn’t hear nothing. Okay”
“I wanted to ask you the story behind it”
Naomi: “I jokingly told someone, ‘Hey, I know Nick’s… pic.twitter.com/UNDqKBExxb
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 30, 2025
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