The scores are 6-2, 6-4 and Naomi Osaka is the winner of the US Open in 2018.

   This marks the transition of being a normal tennis player to having beaten record and broken stereotypes.

  At the young age of twenty-one, Naomi is already taking over the tennis world.

  She has been ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis

Association and making her the only Japanese player to hold this title.

   Naomi represents Japan by winning several titles since becoming pro in 2013.

  Her experience in the 2018 US Open has taught her persevere and be humble even as critics and fans are turned against you.  

   Naomi had felt guilty because the crowd felt as if she had “stolen” what would have been Serena William’s twenty-fourth Grand Slam.  

  During an interview with ESPN after the match, Naomi said, “I know she really wanted to have the 24th Grand Slam.

  Everyone knows this. It’s on the commercials. It’s everywhere. But when I step on the court, I feel like a different person.  I’m not a Serena fan. I’m just a tennis player playing another tennis player. But then when I hugged her at the net, I felt like a little kid.”

  She has been an inspiration not only for tennis players around the globe, but also for young girls that are working to excel in a certain path.

  Naomi is often questioned by critics regarding her choice to play for Japan since she was born in the United States.

   She often has to defend herself whether she is too Japanese or too American, because of this she has become an inspiration for people that identify themselves as being multiracial.

Naomi’s experience playing professional tennis sets and example for young girls and women to work hard to turn their dreams into reality.

Aly Raisman

  For twenty-four year old, Aly Raisman, life has been filled with many accomplishments and difficulties being a woman in the sports world.

  Aly is an American gymnast and captain of the “Fierce Five” and the “Final Five” in 2012 and 2016.

  She has won six medals since she began representing the United States in the Olympics in 2012, at the age of eighteen.

  Besides her many achievements in the gymnastics world, Aly recently became an activist and brand ambassador for Kid Power Champion, which is an initiative launched for motivating kids to stay active.

  On November of 2017, Aly became the first woman to accuse former Olympic team physician Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, which started a movement

   She filed a lawsuit against the USA Gymnastics and the USOC (United States Olympic Committee) for knowing about the abuse and doing nothing to stop it.

  Along with several other victims, Aly stood up to Nassar during his sentencing and delivered  her powerful statement, “Larry, you do realize now that we — this group of women you so heartlessly abused over such a long period of time — are now a force, and you are nothing. The tables have turned, Larry. We are here, we have our voices and we are not going anywhere.”

  Because of her powerful words, she has become an inspiration to sexual abuse victims and women across the country to speak up against any injustice or harm that they endure.