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Over the years, with her marvelous performance in place, Naomi Osaka has managed to have a huge fan base. The former World No. 1 regularly receives immense love and blessings from her fans all over the globe. However, even though Osaka has a separate fan base of hers, the question that arises is, ‘Who makes Osaka go gaga?’

Singing icon Rihanna. Naomi is a huge Rihanna fan and has been expressive of her love for the 34-year-old singer for a long time. What’s more? Even today, after reaching the heights of her tennis career, Osaka doesn’t shy away from celebrating her favorite singer. Taking that into consideration, yesterday was no different. Yesterday, 12th April, Osaka took to her Instagram, uploading a story.

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Osaka celebrates Rihanna’s latest shoot

In the story, Osaka reshared Rihanna’s latest Instagram post. Rihanna’s Instagram post was a compilation of photos from her latest photoshoot for fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue. In the photos, Rihanna could be seen showing off her baby bump with utmost grace, as the 2007 superhit song ‘Umbrella’ singer is expecting her first baby.

Rihanna captioned the post, “back at it with the legendary Annie Leibovitz for Vogue Magazine.”

Touching on the photos in the post, all photos had Rihanna posing in different setup and in different attires. The post had a combination of photos, ranging from bikini shots to topless shots. However, as erotic as it may sound, the photos weren’t for that purpose. Even though being bikini and topless photos, all of them greatly focused on the baby bump of the 9-time Grammy Award winner.

Rihanna, along with American rapper boyfriend ASAP Rocky, first announced the pregnancy in January 2022. Prior to this, Osaka also reacted to Rihanna’s pregnancy news. The 4-time Grand Slam champion uploaded an Instagram story to express her love after hearing the news.

Naomi Osaka on the court

Naomi Osaka had a decent opening tournament in 2022. The Japanese sensation started her year reaching the semifinals on the Melbourne Summer Set 1. However, the high run was short-lived. Next, playing at the Australian Open, Osaka suffered a third-round loss, failing to defend her 2021 crown.

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Disappointed by her performance at the major, Osaka opted to take some time off court. Being out of the court for close to two months, Osaka made a comeback on the tour at the Indian Wells. However, struggling with form, she suffered a second-round exit in the tournament she won in 2018.

Not losing hope, she next entered the Miami Open. Not willing to go early this time, the 24-year-old changed gears to raise her game, coming out as a runner-up.

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With clay-court season in place, Osaka is now eyeing to mark her presence on the red surface. The former World No. 1 is expected to kick off her clay-court season at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open.

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