Three-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka of Japan has become an investor in the North Carolina Courage of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the American squad announced on Thursday.
Osaka, the reigning US Open champion, was introduced in a video showing highlights of her tennis career and the team’s history, which includes 2018 and 2019 league titles, under the motto: “Courage Unites Us.”
“The women who have invested in me growing up made me who I am today and I cannot think of where my life would be without them,” Osaka said.
