JAPAN’S players received a good luck message from local tennis star Naomi Osaka, right, ahead of today’s quarter-final against South Africa. The two-time Grand Slam winner said she was converted to the sport after giving wing Kenki Fukuoka his manof- the-match award after Japan’s win over Scotland. Osaka, 22, said: “My message to the team is that you have made the country so proud. All the best and enjoy the moment. You can do it. “I am definitely a rugby fan for life now.
And, yes, I have a shirt signed by all the team.“ Osaka’s training schedule m...