Naomi Osaka turns heads at Roland Garros before winning a hard-fought battle on the court

Naomi Osaka stole the spotlight at Roland Garros before she even hit a ball. The 28-year-old Japanese star arrived on May 28 wearing one of the tournament’s most talked-about looks: a layered tulle skirt, a gold metallic bomber jacket with white accents, and a black Nike cap over the tennis mini dress she would later wear on court.

Naomi Osaka turns heads at Roland Garros before winning a hard-fought battle on the court. Naomi Osaka stole the spotlight at Roland Garros before she even hit a ball. The 28-year-old Japanese star arrived on May 28 wearing one of the tournament’s most talked-about looks: a layered tulle skirt, a gold metallic bomber jacket with white accents, and a black Nike cap over the tennis mini dress she would later wear on court. Fashion has long been part of Osaka’s public identity, but this time the attention quickly shifted from her entrance to the challenge waiting ahead. Once the match began, the focus turned to tennis. Facing Croatian silver medalist Donna Vekic, Osaka found herself under pressure in a contest that lasted one hour and fifty minutes. After falling behind in key moments of the opening set, she responded by forcing a tiebreak a...