What made the moment even more amusing—and meaningful—was the irony that Naomi Osaka was imitating Rafel Nadal’s ritual on the very surface he dominates.

That’s a passage from Christopher Clarey’s “The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay.” It’s a scintillating account of the elastic Spaniard’s epic run to the pinnacle of men ...

Naomi Osaka has had an exhausting week on clay, but she found a way to be her jovial self with a light-hearted tribute to Rafael Nadal following her recent title win in Saint-Malo, France. The ...