Naomi Osaka was dressed to kill before her first round match at Wimbledon on Monday.The former No. 1 said she took inspiration from Lucy Liu’s Yakuza assassin character in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” entering in a kimono-like robe before she dispatched Elsa Jacquemot in straight sets.Her attire was perhaps more interesting than the match, although Osaka did rebound from a 4-games-to-1 deficit in the second set.“For me, my Japanese heritage means a lot. They say all white at Wimbledon, and I thought it would be really cool to come out in a kimono,” Osaka said afterward. “I just get inspired by a lot of different things, and for me, one of my favorite movies is ‘Kill Bill.’ So I really love Lucy Liu’s character, O-Ren Ishii, and she comes out in this really iconic white kimono. I always tell people I like to be like a video game character sometimes; I don’t want to be myself when I’m playing on the court. And I kind of try to embody her a little.”Here’s Liu making quite an entrance in the 2003 film here.Osaka, now ranked 14th, enlisted designer Hana Yagi for her London court couture, and it’s quite involved. It would have to be to carry its own title like a work of art. This one’s called “Evolving Ceremony.”“Modeled on a traditional kimono as well [as] the junihitoe, or 12-layer dress worn by noblewomen in the Heian period from 794 to 1185, the gown was made from seven different textiles upcycled from vintage kimonos, a traditional shiromuku wedding dress and a deconstructed wedding dress,” The New York Times wrote.British Vogue broke it down even further:“Embroidered cranes stretch across the fabric. Cherry blossoms climb its surface. A dramatic trailing bow streams behind her, giving the silhouette an almost weightless quality before its layers peel away to reveal the Nike kit beneath.”The Japanese player sported some Mikimoto bling to complete her ensemble.The two-time U.S. Open and Australian Open champ followed her runway-style smash with 7 aces.Turning the court into a catwalk is nothing new for Osaka.For a match at the Australian Open in January, she opted for this number:MARTIN KEEP via Getty ImagesAt a French Open match in the spring, she went with this:Lionel Hahn via Getty Images