By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 19, 2022
Tennis fans are enjoying some beautiful Twitter banter between Andy Murray and Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open. The Scot took to the bird app to praise Osaka during her 6-0, 6-4 victory over Madison Brengle, asking if there was anyone that hit the ball as clean as Osaka.
To which Osaka replied: “Anyone put their heart on their sleeve and fight harder than Andy Murray?”
Osaka was asked about Murray’s comments in her press conference on Wednesday night.
“Definitely means a lot,” she said. “For me it was a really cool moment. It's a little bit shocking, because when you're playing, you never really think about, like, the TV is broadcasting it and other people are watching. So, yeah, definitely really surreal. I hit with him once like three years ago, and it was like a memory that's really like dear to me. It was really cool just to have someone like him talking about my game.”