Naomi Osaka’s agency signs 15-year-old Australian tennis player Cooper Kose
This photo provided by EVOLVE shows Cooper Kose and Naomi Osaka in Los Angeles, in April 2024. Kose, an Australian who recently turned 15, has signed with EVOLVE, the tennis agency co-founded by four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and agent Stuart Duguid. (Stuart Duguid/EVOLVE via AP)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Stuart Duguid]
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Cooper Kose is an Australian tennis player who just turned 15, has braces on his teeth and plenty of big plans in his head. He was a hitting partner for Coco Gauff and others at the Australian Open and has just signed with the agency co-founded by Naomi Osaka. Osaka practiced with Kose in Los Angeles in April at UCLA and said Sunday he reminded her a little of Nick Kyrgios, another client of the agency run by her longtime agent, Stuart Duguid. Kose said he’s been told he first had a racket put in his hand when he was just 18 months old.
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