Tennis player Naomi Osaka, who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics, practiced for the first time at the actual match venue on the 19th.
On the 19th, Osaka, who ranked second in the world ranking for women's tennis singles, practiced for the first time at "Ariake Tennis Forest" in Koto-ku, Tokyo, where tennis for the Tokyo Olympics will be held from 11:00 am.
Osaka hasn't played in front of the press since he abstained from the French Open in May, and he spent about an hour rallying with his coach and practicing serve on the center court of the venue. I went and checked the movement of my body.
The practice was held from the morning when the temperature exceeded 30 degrees Celsius and the court was shining with strong sunlight, and Mr. Osaka seemed to relax while taking measures against the heat, such as eating a small cut watermelon between the practice. Was also shown.
The Tokyo Olympics tennis will be a combination lottery on the 22nd of this month, and the match will start on the 24th.