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Naomi Osaka Breaks Down Her Viral Outfit & First Round Win | Roland-Garros 2026 · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: One of the greats. We have a four time major winner,
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  Speaker 1: someone that has turned the met Gala into the net Gala,
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  Speaker 1: constantly coming out with new style, Naomi Osaka joining us
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  Speaker 1: see on the set on GMT. You did it again.
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  Speaker 1: The world is talking. Can we talk about the dress?
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  Speaker 1: Can we talk about your game both? I'm sure you're
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  Speaker 1: proud of both.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, thank you. Yeah, I mean, it was definitely really
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  Speaker 2: fun to walk out today, but it was also really warm.
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  Speaker 3: Did you second guess yourself when you were walking out there,
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  Speaker 3: saying maybe a little too much for today?
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  Speaker 2: No, honestly no, I feel like this was less than Australia.
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  Speaker 2: So once I got over the Australia, hope, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I can wear anything at this point.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, they say fashion is pain, so you powered through
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  Speaker 1: and I think you put a wonderful performance on both fronts.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, you got it.
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  Speaker 1: Are you worried when you've got an outfit like that?
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  Speaker 1: I'm assuming it's a very nice outfit.
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  Speaker 4: On a hardquart or grass court, it's not gonna get dirty.
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  Speaker 2: But out here it's rubbing on the clay, right, Yeah
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  Speaker 2: it is. But I like that aesthetic, Like, I think
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  Speaker 2: it's cool that it's getting roughed up a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Oh hey, Noaomi, how are you good?
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  Speaker 2: How are you going?
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  Speaker 4: Great? Well done today? Incredible match, I think obviously, Adam said,
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  Speaker 4: the world's kind of talking about the outfits. I'm curious
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  Speaker 4: as to how you come up with these inspirations for
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  Speaker 4: Australia was one thing. Here's another one. You've already spoken
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  Speaker 4: pretty publicly that you have things playing kind of far
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  Speaker 4: in advance for different tournaments. Where does that come from?
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  Speaker 4: Do you draw from any sources? Did the met Gala
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  Speaker 4: play any part? Or is this all just organic coming
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  Speaker 4: from you and those close around you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think I'm pretty fortunate. Nike kind
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  Speaker 2: of lets me submit my sketches, so that's a really
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  Speaker 2: fun process with them and shout out Nike for I
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  Speaker 2: don't know, just sticking with me, But yeah, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like once you get to the bigger scale
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  Speaker 2: and you start like collaborating with designers on top of
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  Speaker 2: the Nike stuff, that's when it gets like into a
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  Speaker 2: big conversation. But luckily, like everyone that I've collaborated with
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  Speaker 2: so far are so kind and they invite me into
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  Speaker 2: their process as well.
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  Speaker 4: One follow up on that, how do they work with
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  Speaker 4: the performance aspect of it, because obviously it can be
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  Speaker 4: maybe someon would say easy to put together a very
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  Speaker 4: bold and audacious outfit, but you've got to perform. You
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  Speaker 4: got a match, you have to plane, you've got to
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  Speaker 4: be able to go out there, slide on the left,
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  Speaker 4: slide on the right. I'll see you sliding on the
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  Speaker 4: play too. He looks pretty good. But like, so, how
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  Speaker 4: does that collaboration work with a designer with Nike? Do
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  Speaker 4: you have any say so and maybe modifying some of
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  Speaker 4: the outfits to make it a little bit more breathable
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  Speaker 4: or do you just kind of let them do their thing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean on the last two definitely it's not as
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  Speaker 2: like intricate like for example Australian Open and here I
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  Speaker 2: just need to be able to snap the stuff off.
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  Speaker 2: So that's the only like clause that I tell them about.
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  Speaker 2: And then with Nike, they're the ones that care a
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  Speaker 2: lot about the performance. I'm kind of the one that
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  Speaker 2: says like, hey, guys, I just want it to look
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  Speaker 2: really cool. So they kind of put a stop to
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  Speaker 2: me at some moments.
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  Speaker 5: And what about the actual tennis. You look amazing, Everything
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  Speaker 5: is great, You're playing amazing. How do you feel like
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  Speaker 5: you're playing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's kind of tough to say. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like first rounds and slams are always the most like
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  Speaker 2: nerve racking. I think leading into this tournament, I played
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  Speaker 2: a couple of really good matches, so I'm just trying
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  Speaker 2: to keep the ball rolling.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you have get momentum, obviously having a good result
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  Speaker 5: in Madrid and then in Rome. Do you feel like
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  Speaker 5: clay hasn't been your favorite surface? But do you feel
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  Speaker 5: like you've made a lot of progress throughout the clay
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  Speaker 5: season to get ready for here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like I have. I think hopefully I've
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  Speaker 2: understood my play game a little bit more. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: also really curious to like see it or the things
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  Speaker 2: that I've learned on the clay court to apply them
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  Speaker 2: onto the other surfaces as well.
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  Speaker 3: What are some of those things they only that you're
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  Speaker 3: learned that are helping you become more of a complete
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  Speaker 3: player that you can not just take advantage here at
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  Speaker 3: Roland Garrels, but perhaps in a few weeks on the
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  Speaker 3: grass at Woman Week.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, one of the biggest things that I've
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  Speaker 2: learned is just to the well I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: it's going to apply on grass, but I've been trying
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  Speaker 2: to hit pretty heavy fourhands. I feel like they've been
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  Speaker 2: working on this surface. I'm not sure how they'll work
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  Speaker 2: on grass, but I guess I'll figure it out when
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  Speaker 2: the time comes. And then honestly, just trying to be
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  Speaker 2: really aggressive on my returns.
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  Speaker 3: You had a lot of winners on your forehand today.
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  Speaker 3: That was a big weapon. The other weapon is your serf.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel that your serf is the dominant shot,
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  Speaker 3: the one that you rely on for everything else to.
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  Speaker 2: Fall in the place, you know, Honestly, I had a
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  Speaker 2: coach talk with my coach, and he told me not
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  Speaker 2: to like think too much about my serf because I
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  Speaker 2: feel like sometimes when I serve, I expect an ace
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  Speaker 2: and then it kind of throws me off. So I'm
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  Speaker 2: just trying to lean more into like like point building
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  Speaker 2: and just like understanding that you know, there might be
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  Speaker 2: return like every single point.
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  Speaker 1: This is my second year covering tennis. I've been more
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  Speaker 1: in the basketball world the football world, and I think
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  Speaker 1: it's so interesting that you guys have these yearly pilgrimages
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  Speaker 1: to these certain cities and every city, every moment kind
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  Speaker 1: of leaves a lasting image. I'm curious, these trips to
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  Speaker 1: Paris year after year, what has it helped teach you
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  Speaker 1: about yourself coming to this city and this experience.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie. I mean, I think this year,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't really done much. I just feel like what
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  Speaker 2: I understand more about myself is that I want to
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  Speaker 2: grow as a person. But I'm also like always watching
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  Speaker 2: videos of my daughter. So I think what I've learned
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  Speaker 2: is that I really miss my daughter right now, and
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  Speaker 2: I hope that I can see her maybe in two
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  Speaker 2: weeks or whenever this tournament ends.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to follow up on that. So my son
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  Speaker 1: is two and a half. He was just running around.
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  Speaker 1: How old is your daughter?
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  Speaker 4: Now?
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  Speaker 2: She's almost three?
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  Speaker 1: So the change happens so rapidly, and you understand time
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  Speaker 1: because you're seeing it through their eyes. What has she
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  Speaker 1: taught you same kind of question through this process.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean she's taught me a lot of patience,
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  Speaker 2: but also I feel like expression of love. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of people tell me like, I'm very Chris, It says
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  Speaker 2: told me, I'm like very Like my expressions don't really
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  Speaker 2: change that much. But I think when I'm with her like,
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  Speaker 2: she lights up my whole life and I just want
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  Speaker 2: to hold her all the time. And she loves debating
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  Speaker 2: with me. She's quite a talker already. So yeah. So
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  Speaker 2: her name is Shy, but she's not shy at all,
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  Speaker 2: and she'll go up to people and just start saying like.
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  Speaker 5: Hi, how are you?
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, just like learning more about myself through her.
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  Speaker 3: That's beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: You're teaching us stuff every day. You're showing us different
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  Speaker 1: sides of you, and we appreciate that. Go enjoy time
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  Speaker 1: with Shy. Thank you so much for your time, Naomio Saba.
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  Speaker 4: Great to meet you.
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  Speaker 1: Naomi. We're gonna watch some tennis. You can hang out
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  Speaker 1: if you like, but I'm sure you're a very busy person.