“Stop using someone’s name for likes!” Tennis Twitter thrashes Naomi Osaka’s tweet for Kobe Bryant ahead of his birth anniversary

The Japanese champion, Naomi Osaka, made the news when she recently tweeted “I miss Kobe” for the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant with a pouring heartfelt emotion got witnessed getting mocked and back-lashed when tennis Twitter made a mockery of her downfall in the tennis circuit by mischievously replacing her quotes with a backlashing quote “stop using someones name for likes.”

Making history by being the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam namely the US Open back in 2018, she is now seen opening up about her past relationship with Kobe, notably about how the fallen legend mentored the 24-year-old before his death and how in order to ‘protect her mental health’ the tennis star has declined to speak to the press on several occasions.

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Here are some of the dismissing tweets fans went ahead to nullify Naomi’s emotions:

Just as we thought things eventually started looking higher for the Japanese tennis professional, everything went down the hill for the four-time Grand Slam champion. Most recently, she made the headlines for dropping out of the French Open 2022. Osaka, who is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles appeared on a podcast hosted by Amanda de Cadenet, Spotify’s VS voices talked about how she was compelled and motivated after learning how hard Kobe Bryant worked at everything he did.

“I’m feeling like I let him down. I’m supposed to carry on his mentality in tennis and here I am like … I haven’t won a Grand Slam. I’m losing matches because I’m mentally weak, and that’s so uncharacteristic of him,” as she went on add while talking about her mental wellness and her previously spoken of friendship with Kobe which has been documented in her self-titled Netflix series.

The American professional basketball player and fallen NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, who is also known for spending his entire 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers would also text positive things to Naomi and tell her to learn from it. Kobe passed away in January of 2020 with his daughter Gianna in an unfortunate helicopter crash leaving the entire world’s sports community in shock.

Naomi Osaka who recently recovered from an Achilles injury and a shocking recent split with coach Wim Fissette has entered in the upcoming US Open with a wildcard entry. Being an activist by having shown a tremendous amount of support for Black Lives Matter has significantly earned her a strong fan base across the globe and is regarded as one of the fastest women servers on the tennis tour.

“The world hasn’t been the same without Kobe”- profound tweets pay homage to the fallen NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s birthday

Here are a few tweets with fans celebrating the legend’s remembrance ahead of his birthday.

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