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TW Book Club - 'Naomi Osaka' with Ben Rothenberg - her story, sister and Serena
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73 minutes
Released:
Jan 11, 2024
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Podcast episode
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On today's book club, we speak with author, sportswriter and host of the 'No Challenges Remaining' podcast, Ben Rothenberg, about his new book 'Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding her Power and Her Voice'. Ben talks about the key themes of the book including the parallels between Naomi's story and her idol Serena Williams'. How the Osaka family put everything into Naomi and her sister Mari's tennis careers by following the Williams model and why Mari Osaka may not have emulated the success of Venus Williams but she achieved more than many tennis siblings...names will be named! We also take a whistle stop tour through some of Naomi's most epic matches on the WTA tour and Grand Slams triumphs including a surprising rivalry that might have gone under the radar with Madison Keys.Ben also reveals his verdict on the Naomi comeback, why he thinks Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic will win the Australian Open and as usual tells us how he likes his tea! You can purchase 'Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding her Power and Her Voice' on amazon and at all good book stores:https://amzn.to/3vxIpbhFollow Ben on twitter https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/benrothenbergwrites/ TENNIS WEEKLY SPORTS PODCAST AWARDS: https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/podcast/tennis-weekly/ Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards and help us go one better than last year!TENNIS WEEKLY CROWDFUND: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tennis-weekly-2024 Tennis Weekly 2024 Crowdfund is now open! Your support keeps us going no matter how large or small is hugely appreciated, from listening to donating we couldn’t be more thankful to our audience!Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, plus email the show tennisweeklypod@gmail.com.Purchase Tennis Weekly Merch through our Etsy store including limited edition designs by Krippa Design where all proceeds go towards the podcast so we can keep doing what we do! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jan 11, 2024
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Podcast episode
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