Naomi Osaka is getting Challengers fever! On Thursday, the four-time Grand Slam champion took to TikTok to share a playful homage to the tennis-themed Luca Guadagnino film.
In the short clip, the 26-year-old tennis star slides on a pair of sunglasses before she spins her racket and shows off her fierce serve. Osaka set the video to the intense synth score from the movie as her background theme.
“No one: Me after watching Challengers,” she captioned the post.
The Challengers movie Tiktok account commented on the post, writing, “Iconic.”
Osaka is the latest tennis star to react to the hit romantic drama starring Zendaya as a tennis phenom caught in a steamy love triangle.
When ET spoke with the leading lady ahead of the film’s premiere on April 26, Zendaya shared how tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams responded to the project.
While Zendaya said she hadn’t talked to Venus about the film yet — “fingers crossed” she’d approve of her tennis skills, the actress said — she did speak to Serena in regards to the flick.
“She was like, ‘I know there definitely weren’t real [tennis] balls,” Zendaya revealed of Serena. “She knows. She’s the best of the best.”
Serena did have some praise for Zendaya, as the Euphoria star recalled, “She did say that it was great considering that I had never, never touched a tennis ball before.”
That has to be welcome news for Zendaya, who previously “apologized in advance” to the sisters for her onscreen tennis abilities.
The Emmy winner has been vocal about her admiration for the famous sisters, whose famed Vogue look Zendaya recently recreated with the help of her award-winning stylist, Law Roach.
In a stunning gallery of photos shared on Instagram last month, the Challengers star is perched on a velvet sofa wearing a recreation of Carolina Herrera’s black and white striped, full-skirted formal gown first worn by the iconic tennis pros in the May 1998 issue of Vogue. Zendaya is posed similarly to the Williams sisters in the original shoot photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
“An ode to the GREATS @venuswilliams @serenawilliams We thank you for all you have done,” Roach captioned the Instagram post. The award-winning stylist also thanked Ｗes Gordon, the creative director of Carolina Herrera, and the glam team that helped bring Zendaya’s look to life.
Ernesto Casillas, the makeup artist who also captured the look on camera, shared the post, writing, “Thank you @luxurylaw @zendaya for letting me capture this moment 📸 🫶🏽”
Gordon also shared the photo shoot to his Instagram page and shared his perspective on the iconic recreation.
“Annie Leibovitz’s iconic photo of Serena and Venus in Vogue’s May 1998 issue in matching Carolina Herrera remains one of my favorite images,” he captioned the slides. “I was immediately excited when @luxurylaw reached out about recreating this look for @zendaya as part of the storytelling around #challengers 🎾 Thank you so much Law! ♥️”
Zendaya shared the post to her Instagram Story, writing on the slide that she was “forever inspired” by Venus and Serena.
Venus, who attended the Los Angeles premiere of the actress’ new film, Challengers, on Tuesday, shared her Story for her followers and shared a sweet message for the Emmy winner.
“My heart melted on this one,” Venus wrote alongside the shared Story. “Iconic @zendaya”
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