Naomi Osaka among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People

Japanese tennis phenom and world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has been selected among the world's 100 Most Influential People of 2019 in a list released Wednesday by Time magazine."Rookie Grand Slam tournament champs often fall short at their next major. All Naomi Osaka did was conquer the world again," tennis legend Chris Evert wrote in a brief commentary about Osaka for the magazine.Osaka became the first-ever Japanese player to win a singles Grand Slam title when she defeated her childhood idol Serena Williams in the final of last year's U.S. Open.The 21-year-old then outlasted Czech Petra Kvitova …READ FULL ARTICLE