Being the Queen of Tennis is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. Nor can you send the Internal Revenue Service a throne clipped to their tax forms...I reign over an empty bank account, and I'm not going to fill it by playing amateur tennis.

She is one of the greatest players who ever lived. . . Martina couldn't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters.

[https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/naomi-osaka/800357962/jpn/wt/s/overview/ Naomi Osaka] at the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tennis_Federation International Tennis Federation]

[https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319998/- Naomi Osaka] at the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association Women's Tennis Association]

I was just thinking when I was watching Serena and Venus (Williams), I was thinking, ‘I probably, no way, will ever play at their age.’ But sitting here, I’m like, ‘No, you know what? I might do that.

I felt so aimless — like a tennis ball, bouncing, bouncing — I began to wonder where I'd land.