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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

For the past few years, Naomi Osaka has experienced her own professional ups and downs. She has come under fire for remaining true to herself even during her most difficult times on the tennis court. But now, the Japanese tennis player has found a ray of optimism from Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s viral perspective on failure and has used it to provide a suitable response to all her critics.

Due to her physical and mental challenges, the four-time Grand Slam champion has found it difficult to perform well on the tennis court in recent years. In the end, she received a lot of criticism and abuse for taking her time to move on and for remaining committed to her own well being.

Naomi Osaka sees optimism in Giannis Antetokounmpo’s viral failure perspective

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The 25-year-old tennis star is not competing right now since she is getting set to become a mother for the first time. However, she is still very active on social media, where she shares every aspect of her life. And addresses other serious issues on and off the court. Recently, the Japanese tennis player took to her Instagram stories to share her take on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s befitting reply to a journalist. In it, he explained how the Bucks season is not a failure but just a step towards success.

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Hearing the NBA player’s explanation, different sportspersons from all around the world have come forward and agreed with what the Bucks star said. As of now, the tennis player is gearing up for an amazing comeback. She was quite impressed with the accurate explanation that can help her explain her off-beat years when she was struggling to get a good run on the tennis court.

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She shared the video in which the 28-year-old NBA star left the journalist surprised with his ideology of having a failed season. Along with that, she wrote, “This is probably the most refreshing perspective I’ve heard, I think it changed my life lol.” 

However, she is not the only one from the Tennis realm who supported the Bucks superstar’s viral speech on failure. Even the Australian tennis player, Nick Kyrgios, shared his take on the same.

Nick Kyrgios’ take on Antetokounmpo’s viral failure perspective 

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After hearing the Greek-Nigerian basketball player explain that there is no such thing as a bad season, the 27-year-old tennis player came to this conclusion. He was so moved by the NBA player’s statements that he praised him on Twitter and used the term “powerful” to describe them.

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He shared his double partner, Thanasi Kokkinakis’ post, in which he also agreed with the Bucks star’s words.  It won’t come as a surprise if other tennis players share the 28-year-old NBA player’s viewpoint on failure and have similar opinions.

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