{"id":843285,"date":"2026-09-10T19:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/843285\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:56:21","slug":"naomi-osaka-responds-to-criticism-of-her-u-s-open-outfits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/843285\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Osaka Responds To Criticism Of Her U.S. Open Outfits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naomi Osaka<\/a> on Tuesday served up a response to people criticizing her fashion game at this year\u2019s U.S. Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know\u2026 idgaf if you don\u2019t like me,\u201d wrote the women\u2019s tennis superstar in a post<\/a> to her Threads account.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind being the first to do something and getting trashed for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two-time U.S. Open champ \u2014 who fell to new World No. 1<\/a> Elena
Rybakina in a fourth-round match on Monday \u2014 made her typically stylish entrances<\/a> throughout her tournament run.<\/p>\n

Her fashionable pre-match walkouts \u2014 styled by Law Roach \u2014 included a patchwork-style coat<\/a> from KidSuper; a silky white Thom Browne jacket<\/a>; a custom MONSE\/Nike business-inspired \u2019fit<\/a>; and a tribute<\/a> to NBA icon Allen Iverson that saw her rocking a hoodie, cornrows, a headband and arm sleeves.<\/p>\n

The tribute earned praise from Iverson himself, who commented on her Instagram post<\/a>, \u201cWow, what an honor!! BIG FAN can\u2019t wait to meet you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some critics on social media, however, didn\u2019t seem as pleased with the outfits.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t put on a ridiculous \u2018fashion show\u2019 and be that embarrassingly unprepared and awful,\u201d wrote an X user<\/a> under one of Osaka\u2019s posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank God we won\u2019t have to look at these hideous outfits anymore!\u201d commented another<\/a> user who also used a \u201cGirl, Bye\u201d GIF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And right-wing host Megyn Kelly aimed low on Wednesday, telling her followers<\/a>, \u201cI thought we struggled with social anxiety? I thought we couldn\u2019t deal with cameras or attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Japan\u2019sJapan\u2019s Naomi Osaka walks out in an Allen Iverson-inspired outfit before her win against Anastasia Zakharova in the first round of the U.S. Open last week.<\/p>\n

Robert Prange via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"Japan\u2019sJapan\u2019s Naomi Osaka walks onto the court in an abstract, patchwork-style coat ahead of her fourth-round match against Kazakhstan\u2019s Elena Rybakina on Monday at the U.S. Open. <\/p>\n

Robert Prange via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Osaka \u2014 who has been open about her mental<\/a> health battles<\/a> \u2014 wasn\u2019t having it with the backlash and, instead, looked at the bigger picture. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis happened when I talked about mental health and for some reason it\u2019s happening with my clothes lol. I\u2019m literally Haitian it\u2019s in my blood to be this way,\u201d wrote Osaka, who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Haitian father, in her Threads post.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as the people after me have an easier path it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n