Naomi Osaka’s 2024 US Open Hair Is Drenched In Pearls – Essence

Naomi Osaka’s 2024 US Open Hair Is Drenched In Pearls – Essence

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Although four-time Grand Slam singles champion Naomi Osaka is out of the running for the 2024 U.S. Open—she lost to Karolina Muchova in the second round—her on-court beauty moments took home nothing but wins.

Within the first few days of the two-week long tennis tournament, Osaka’s bow-clad uniform and pearl-adorned hair turned her into not just the player to watch—but one you can’t miss.

Naomi Osaka’s 2024 US Open Hair Is Drenched In Pearls
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On day two, she arrived at her first-round match against Jelena Ostapenko with six jumbo cornrows leading into an afro puff. At the base of the braids, she wore a c-shaped pearl hair pin to match with an oversized bow on the back of her Nike x Yoon Ahn uniform. However, the sporty coquette look didn’t end with the brat green Nike visor she paired her gems…

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