When the Stars Align

After parallel journeys for the last four years, Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka will finally play one another for the first time.

WASHINGTON — One of the most common laments about this past eight years or so in women’s tennis—I think the start can be neatly backdated to when Serena Williams went on pregnancy and maternity leave in 2017—is about star-crossed fortunes atop the game. In other words: too often in women’s tennis, unfortunately the stars don’t cross.

Two of the clearest …