Naomi Osaka had already been chosen as the superstar of these summer games in advance, now she is not only closer to gold than ever, the pressure is also increasing immeasurably.
There is already talk of the “Osaka Games” in Tokyo, because everything seems to have been made for Naomi Osaka, 23-year-old local hero and gold favorite in the Olympic tennis tournament. Her first round game, for example, had been postponed because she was allowed to light the Olympic flame the night before at the opening ceremony – and thus placed in the league of sports greats such as Muhammad Ali or Wayne Gretzky.
