{"id":382180,"date":"2026-01-01T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/382180\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:45:19","slug":"raducanu-osaka-visit-rottnest-island-on-eve-of-united-cup-news-article-united-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/382180\/","title":{"rendered":"Raducanu, Osaka visit Rottnest Island on eve of United Cup | News Article | United Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu may be Group E rivals at the United Cup in Perth, but on Wednesday they enjoyed a relaxing New Year\u2019s Eve morning as they led Team Japan and Team Great Britain to an outing on Perth\u2019s famous Rottnest Island.<\/p>\n

Under sunny skies and in warm temperatures far removed from the winter cold in their respective countries, Osaka and Raducanu enjoyed a whirlwind visit, during which they laid eyes on the island\u2019s famous quokkas and set foot on stunning beaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe colour of the water is beautiful and it\u2019s amazing to see a quokka for the first time,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cI wish I could have stayed longer. It\u2019s been a great experience and I\u2019m so happy I could witness this with my own eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osaka added: \u201cI just saw some quokkas and it\u2019s a beautiful island. I\u2019m really happy I was able to come.”<\/p>\n

\"Naomi\n<\/p>\n

Joining the WTA stars were Great Britain\u2019s Billy Harris, who has been elevated to play singles following Jack Draper’s withdrawal due to injury, and Shintaro Mochizuki.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good getting up close and personal with the quokkas,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI remember seeing Federer over here taking selfies with them. I\u2019ve only been here two days but I\u2019ve enjoyed the nice weather, the nice scenery and the friendly people.”<\/p>\n

Mochizuki said, \u201cIt\u2019s been very cold in Japan so I felt very good when I got here. I also went to the wildlife park and the zoo and saw kangaroos and koalas. I\u2019ve been having a good time here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Play begins 2 January in Perth and 3 January in Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu may be Group E rivals at the United Cup in Perth, but on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-382180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}