Naomi Osaka and her sister Mari were born in Osaka, Japan to a Japanese mother and a Haitian father; shortly thereafter, the family moved to Long Island, New York. They grew up in Fort Lauderdale.

The Haitian-American patriarch of the Osaka family made coaching daughters Naomi and Mari his full-time job, but made time to pursue creative outlets when living on Long Island in the early 2000s.

American teenager Whitney Osuigwe takes on Mari Osaka, the elder sister of ... but if you read the recent *Sun Sentinel* story about the Osaka family, you'll know she was brought up on court ...