This time last year, Naomi Osaka was ranked No. 59 and preparing for her Wimbledon debut while still in search of her first WTA title.
A lot has changed over the past 12 months for the promising 20-year-old and expectations for her second appearance at the All England Club, this time as the No. 18 seed, are much higher.
Osaka soared into the top 25 with a stunning triumph in March at Indian Wells — often regarded as the WTA's fifth major. She closed her giggly acceptance speech — which she dubbed the "worst" of all time — by saying, "Umm . . . yeah . . . I think that's it."