Seles heaps praise on Osaka: "She reminds me of somebody like me, but even better"

Former legendary player Monica Seles sees a lot of similarities between herself and Osaka, particularly in how they approach tennis.

Seles has a pretty aggressive approach to tennis never really shying away from hitting the ball really hard and Naomi Osaka shares that with her. The Japanese player was among the heaviest of hitters when she got on Tour and many compared her to Serena Williams.

In a talk with Chris Evert, Seles talked about Osaka saying:

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"Of the younger generation, Naomi Osaka, because she reminds me of somebody like me, but even better. She needs to strike that ball, first, bam bam! I am amazed though at how well she moves, just wow."

Seles ended up with plenty of grand slams and Osaka still has a lot of catching up to do in that department as she's yet to claim more than four grand slam with many projecting her to hit 10 easily after a hot start to her career.