Naomi Osaka is still the same person as a year ago, says coach
Naomi Osaka's coach Sascha Bajin believes that the Japanese player has not changed at all after winning her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open defeating Serena Williams in a controversial straight-set final. Osaka stayed with feet on the ground and went on to win her second Major defeating Petra Kvitova in the Australian Open final. "She's still the same," said Bajin. "That's the beauty about her. She's still the same girl that she was even a year ago. In my mind, at least, she didn't change. Maybe she's a little bit more open to you guys, used to more crowd and questions, but, you know, on court, off court -- maybe on court she's more confident and stuff, yeah, just good things. No, no, she's still the same girl."
Bajin also stressed Osaka's ability to improve. "I always think you learn more from your losses than from your wins. Naomi is definitely one of those persons, as well. She said it herself. I think she said it yesterday in her press conference, as I watched it. We had a little chat together with our team after the match where we stat down. You know, obviously she takes losses very hard, because it means a lot to her and she works really hard to keep winning and wants to win every match. But there's not so much I have to say afterwards. It's just more, like, just kind of like emotional management, just to be there for her and tell her that it's all right and losses happen to everybody. You can't win every match that you want, that you ever play. But thankfully she learns from it a lot, and it shows here."
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2HIKLuo
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