U.S. Open darling Naomi Osaka's Vancouver connection

Two friends. One anonymous hotel room in Toronto, the most recent stopover on an endless string of rooms of a year-long road trip. One portable karaoke mic. One free, unrepentantly lung-busting rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody.

Then laughter and more laughter.

“It’s one of my favourite moments. Just her and I, jamming out,” said Vancouver’s Kat Jayme.

The “her” in this case: Naomi Osaka, four-time Grand Slam winner, one of the greatest tennis players of her generation, and occasional Freddy Mercury epigone.

That moment was a behind-the-scenes snippet from Jayme’s latest documentary, Naomi Osaka: The Second Set, briefly clipped in the end credits. There’s a year full of moments like these as Jayme became part of Osaka’s travelling family — much of the time just her, a camera and Osaka.

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