“I’m sadly a little superstitious, which is weird, because I did win in the red,” she said in her post-match press conference.
“But I feel like the purple looks better on my skin tone too. I took a poll, and apparently some people like the red roses more.”
Osaka will be back under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights on Thursday to face Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova, but was unsure if the roses would return.
“I would say I want to bring it back, but I can’t promise you.”
The four-time Grand Slam champion has turned heads with increasingly audacious fashions since returning to action from maternity leave in 2024, wearing (among others) a harajuku/Sailor Moon themed outfit at last year’s US Open and floral space buns at Roland Garros in the spring.
Her 2025 fashion campaign has been highlighted by, in addition to the varied florals, a growing army of Labubus named in tribute to tennis trailblazers like Althea Gibson, Billie Jean King, and Arthur Ashe.
