tokyo a day after naomi osaka became the first tennis player to light an olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony novak djokovic said the global profile of the sport has been boosted at the tokyo gamesosaka a fourtime grand slam champion and the daughter of a haitian man and japanese woman was revealed as the final olympic torchbearer on friday night in a moment that has been described as a reflection of japans and the games increasing diversitythe sports profile in tokyo has also been raised by the serbians quest to become the first man to complete the golden slam by winning all four majors as well as olympic singles gold in the same yearit cannot be any better for our sport djokovic the only one of tennis big three to have made the trip to tokyo after roger federer and rafa nadal opted to skip the games told reporters after his firstround win at ariake tennis parkobviously you dont have roger and rafa that are big stars and legends of our sport but still quite a lot of great players osaka is the home favorite and a lot of eyes on her and being at home playing a lot of pressurebut its great for our sport just in general seeing that theres a lot of attentionat the athletes village world number one djokovic has been swamped with requests for photographs with competitors in other sports many of which have been doing the rounds on social mediaa photo of djokovic doing a perfect split with a pair of belgian gymnasts even caught the eye of gymnastics great nadia comaneci who complimented the 34yearolds form on twittergreat flexibility i can say djokernole she wrote along with a string of clapping emojisinternational tennis federation president david haggerty said osakas moment at the opening ceremony was a great showcase for the sportit was special i think that might have been the first time that a firsttime olympian had done that he told reutersi think it not only showcases japan but also tennis on a great platform