Naomi Osaka

Yep.

Osaka to beat Qinwen, to beat, uh, Coco-

Right

... to beat Sabie.

No.

Next, another thing that was controversial, it was the US Open not so long ago, where Naomi Osaka, the queen, was playing.

And at that game, influencers were invited, and they decided to do a little TikTok, and they were making noise during the tennis match.

And guys, if you haven't been to a tennis match, it is as quiet as, I don't know what.

But we've seen this before.

And I think sometimes I'll use the Naomi Osaka example when she said in tennis that she wasn't going to talk.

After a loss, she was just going to take the L and pay the fine because she doesn't want to talk to the media right after a loss or a win for that matter.

She just wanted to take a break.

shout out to my girl Taylor definitely shout

out to Taylor she's representing in a major way shout out to Naomi Osaka she was dressed up like Allen Iverson they asked her some questions in a press conference and she answered them

Yeah, that's crazy because people always see A.I. and they always think about what he did for the culture, but they mostly think men.

But there's so many women that identify with him.

But I want to give you an analogy.

She's got the same number of majors as Naomi Osaka.

Matter of fact, she's won the exact same major record as Naomi Osaka.

Two Australians and two U.S.

Opens.

She's never won the French.

So she has only hard court majors.

If you would ask me at age 23 how many majors Naomi Osaka would have ended up with, I might have given you the upper bound as 9, 10.

You're okay." And now I can say, you know, Malala, she survived the attack, and she will in just a few years be in a custom Eagles jersey eating free snacks [laughs] in a luxury box.

And I know that, speaking of iconic females, Naomi Osaka, who just played at the US Open, which just concluded, she's gotten in- very into fashion, making statements, having moments, and she entered for a match last week or two weeks ago in this Allen Iverson inspired ensemble with the headband and the colors and it was very cool, and people in Philly were very excited about it.

And I like Naomi Osaka.

Are you guys surprised that it's September and I haven't been talking about the Phillies at all? Or like, no, of course you're not, you're not like, "I wanna hear what she thinks about the Phillies." I'm having an existential crisis with my baseball fandom.

I'm worried that this thing and this particular team with their rollercoaster ass season is bringing me more misery than joy.

She's a first ballot Hall of Famer.

And there's just no case to make for anyone else, because even though she lost quarterfinals to, uh, excuse me, even though Swiatek beat her in the Canada final, Rybakina got the big one, and she beat Sabalenka to do it, and she beat Gauff in the semifinals from a set down to do it, beat Qinwen from a set down to do it, the win over Osaka in the round of 16, second week US Open.

Osaka is always an impressive victory, even if maybe in 2026 it's not a signature victory.

But now, again, it's not just the four and three record for her against Sabalenka this season, the success she's had against Pegula, obviously beating her in Australia, beating her in Indian Wells, beating her in Miami.

The success she's had against Gauff, beating Gauff when they've gone head-to-head, uh, of course.

That was her crowning moment.

There was no doubt in the month of March, she w- reminded all of us that she is the player that everyone else was trying to chase.

And again, she beat Rybakina, she beat Gauff, she beat Knauskaite, she beat Mboka, she beat Osaka.

Mm-hmm.

But I think for a Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Townsend, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff to have the tournaments that they did is so good for American tennis especially-

Yeah

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