Naomi Osaka Channels her Mamba Mentality After beating Serena Williams

Former Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant became a mentor for Naomi Osaka when she was dealing with some adversity in 2019. She wore a Kobe Lakers jersey after every match on her way to winning the 2020 US Open. Now she’s  channeling her Mamba Mentality after beating Serena Williams at the Australian Open.

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.@naomiosaka wore a Kobe Lakers jersey after every match before winning the 2020 US Open last year.

She wore a Lakers warm-up after her victory over Serena at the Australian Open last night 🙏 pic.twitter.com/bpsFzzeSh6

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 18, 2021

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Serena is the G.O.A.T and Naomi Osaka is a Kobe super fan is well making her mark in her own right. Stop playing dissing women with bs like this.

You a lakers fan so I’m not gonna go hard. But don’t discredit women who are out here doin work. https://t.co/Npg3HrjKEL pic.twitter.com/PZbOqVtuUc

— O’Shea Jack(Nichol)son (@OsheaJacksonJr) February 18, 2021

Watch her post victory interview below:

Here’s some advice Kobe once gave her:

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Naomi Osaka shares the best advice Kobe ever gave her. 🙏💜💛 pic.twitter.com/lZnuwAWTj0

— theScore (@theScore) February 11, 2021

Kobe continues to make his impact felt even a year after his tragic passing.

It’s still hard to believe the world lost Kobe, but his Mamba Mentality will live on forever.

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