Nadal, Murray and Osaka nominated for Laureus Awards

Jan 15, 2020
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Nadal, Murray and Osaka nominated for Laureus Awards

Published Jan 15, 2020

The nominees for the 20th Anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards were announced on Wednesday, and feature a number of tennis stars. Tennis has come away with at least one win in 17 of the 20 awards shows.

This year, Rafael Nadal is one of six men in the Sportsman of the Year category, alongside Lewis Hamilton, Lionel Messi, Eliud Kipchoge, Marc Marquez and Tiger Woods.

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Naomi Osaka is nominated for Sportswoman of the Year, with Simone Biles, Allyson Felix, Megan Rapinoe, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Mikaela Shiffrin.

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Osaka won the award for Breakthrough of the Year in 2019, while Novak Djokovic picked up the Sportsman of the Year award. Though not nominated this year, Roger Federer is the winningest athlete in Laureus Sports Award history, having won six awards (he last won in 2018).

Osaka's not the only young WTA star up for an award as Bianca Andreescu is nominated for Breakthrough of the Year, and so is 15-year-old Coco Gauff.

The Comeback of the Year category features Andy Murray, and Diede De Groot is nominated for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability.

The award winners will be revealed on February 17 in Berlin.