{"id":615983,"date":"2026-06-01T22:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615983\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:28:24","slug":"naomi-osaka-reveals-latest-french-open-outfit-for-night-match-against-aryna-sabalenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615983\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka reveals latest French Open outfit for night match against Aryna Sabalenka"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Naomi Osaka<\/a> revealed another new look at this year\u2019s French Open<\/a>, this time for her blockbuster night session match against world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> under the lights on Court Philippe-Chatrier. <\/p>\n

Four-time grand slam champion Osaka\u2019s outfits have been the talk of the tournament at Roland Garros<\/a>, and this time she revealed a slightly altered design that saw the section of sparkly gold sequins continue into a flowing gold train, which was then removed before the start of the match. <\/p>\n

\"NaomiNaomi Osaka walks on to the court for the fourth-round French Open match against Aryna Sabalenka (AP)\"OsakaOsaka faces world No 1 Sabalenka in the French Open fourth round (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Following her jellyfish-inspired walk-on<\/a> at the season\u2019s Australian Open and her show-stopping collaboration with Beyonce\u2019s regular couturier Robert Wun at May\u2019s Met Gala in New York<\/a>, Osaka has revealed a series of outfits inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. <\/p>\n

The Japanese star walked onto court wearing a flowing black skirt<\/a> ahead of her first-round match against Laura Seigemund, before revealing a sparkling gold sequined playing dress that was designed to look like the Eiffel Tower at night. <\/p>\n

For her second-round match against Donna Vekic, Osaka retained the gold playing dress but topped it with a metallic gold bomber jacket and an ivory train reminiscent of a wedding dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Osaka hinted that she had an additional look prepared in the event of a night match, with her fourth-round encounter against world No 1 Sabalenka becoming the first women\u2019s singles match to be scheduled in the night session in three years<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The French Open has faced criticism in recent years for almost exclusively scheduling men\u2019s singles matches in the prime-time slot since its introduction in 2021, with Osaka-Sabalenka ending a run of 33 consecutive men\u2019s matches. <\/p>\n

\u201dYou guys keep asking and I keep providing, like why are we still asking?\u201d Osaka replied with a laugh when asked if she would have a \u201cnight\u201d look prepared. \u201cI mean, I think it’s fun, like and every silhouette is inspired by something different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OsakaOsaka before the fourth round (AP)<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Osaka also explained that her custom Nike kits are planned and designed up to 18 months in advance, with this particular design requiring at least four different fittings before arriving at Roland Garros, where she is through to the fourth-round for the first time. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot of meetings with Nike and I don’t think people realise how much time and like effort they put into every outfit,\u201d she said. \u201cThey plan it like a year and a half in advance, and that’s like minimum. There’s a lot of effort that goes into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OsakaOsaka before the second round (AP)\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Osaka, an introvert, has said she uses fashion to \u201ctalk through my clothes\u201d and says walk-ons at the grand slam tournaments are \u201cthe only time that I possibly feel like I\u2019m an entertainer\u201d and said there\u2019s a \u201ccommunity that has been built over my on-court outfits\u201d. <\/p>\n

Not everyone is a fan<\/a>, though. After her defeat to Osaka in the first round, Laura Siegemund questioned how much time her opponent was allowed to take to change her clothes and claimed the former world No 1 was receiving special treatment. <\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t care less,\u201d Siegemund told TNT Sports of Osaka\u2019s catwalk-like entrance. \u201cI come here to play tennis, not to put on a fashion show. And if others want to put on a fashion show, then they should go ahead and do it. That\u2019s totally fine with me.<\/p>\n

\"\"(AP)<\/p>\n

\u201cI find something else problematic. In our sport, at every tournament they count every second, right up until you\u2019ve unpacked your water bottle. But she can have a minute and a half to change. I have a problem with that, because these rules simply exist and they are what they are \u2013 every second is now being watched so closely for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I also think that with performances like these, every second should be accounted for. That\u2019s the only thing regarding the rules that I don\u2019t think is okay and where, once again, bigger names are treated differently.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[7307,207181,6564,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-615983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-french-open-tennis","tag-naomi-osaka","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}