Naomi Osaka grew up a Serena Williams fan and adopted a Williams sisters approach to the Indian Wells final.

Fake it till you make it.

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The 20-year-old Osaka outclassed Daria Kasatkina to capture the BNP Paribas Open title and made a major admission afterward: her outward clam was all an act.

"I was extremely stressed and extremely nervous," Osaka told the media after her 6-3, 6-2 sweep. "But my plan was to, like, fake that I'm very calm. So I'm glad that you said that, so that means it worked.

"Yeah, and I just knew that she was going to fight for every point, too. So I couldn't afford to lose points based on nerves, and I had to keep making the right decisions."

The first meeting between the talented 20-year-olds likely won't be the last.

The pair celebrated the final sharing a private plane ride to Miami for this week's Miami Open.

"I'm going to try not to listen to music, so I'm going to see if she's going to talk to me, because -- I'm going to see how that works out," Osaka said. "But it's not like you can talk to anyone in an airplane, anyway...

"I don't know how to start conversations. I don't know what you're supposed to say to someone that you've not really talked to before. So it's not like I have a certain conversation. I just think it would be cool to talk to her. I'm so weird. It's so bad. Oh, my God. Okay."

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