{"id":22752,"date":"2026-01-22T11:41:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/osaka-tones-down-outfit-beats-cirstea-to-reach-australian-open-third-round\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:40","slug":"osaka-tones-down-outfit-beats-cirstea-to-reach-australian-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/osaka-tones-down-outfit-beats-cirstea-to-reach-australian-open-third-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Osaka tones down outfit, beats Cirstea to reach Australian Open third round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Naomi Osaka pared down her show-stopping jellyfish-inspired outfit and overcame a second-set wobble to beat Romania&#8217;s Sorana Cirstea 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open this Thursday.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>In her first-round win over Antonia Ruzic this week, Osaka walked onto the court carrying a white parasol and wearing a veil and broad-brimmed hat.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The outfit, which also featured a marine-themed top complete with pastel yellow tassels on the sleeves, made waves at the season&#8217;s opening Grand Slam, with top men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s players commending the bold fashion choice.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Asked if she had expected the response to her outfit, Osaka said: &#8220;Honestly, not really.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;For me, it&#8217;s just something fun I love to do on the court. I don&#8217;t really talk that much but I like to express myself through clothes.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The four-times Grand Slam champion&#8217;s entrance on Thursday was tame by comparison as she ditched the accessories, though fans at the Margaret Court Arena made up for it by wearing replicas of the hat and veil.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really glad that you guys loved it. You guys look really cool by the way,&#8221; Osaka said to the fans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n&#8220;I grew up with Serena and Venus (Williams), (Maria) Sharapova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and for me it&#8217;s a great honour if there&#8217;s a kid out there somewhere that comes and plays this tournament and remembers me in a way.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15758,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-22752","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Asked if she had expected the response to her outfit, Osaka said: \"Honestly, not really.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Asked if she had expected the response to her outfit, Osaka said: \"Honestly, not really.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25945,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22752\/revisions\/25945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}