While Naomi Osaka is busy competing — and winning — at the Australian Open, she needed to send someone to retrieve her 1 1/2-year-old daughter’s birth certificate from their California home in case it got caught up in the wildfires ravaging the greater Los Angeles area.

Naomi Osaka may be on the other side of the world, but her mind is very much on her home. After defeating Caroline Garcia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the first round of the Australian Open, Osaka revealed she had someone retrieve her daughter's birth certificate from her Los Angeles-area home as the wildfires that have destroyed wide swaths of Southern California neared her house.

Naomi Osaka has more on her mind than chasing a fifth Grand Slam title at this year's Australian Open. Before her opening match in Melbourne, the Los Angeles resident sent someone to her house to retrieve her 1 1/2-year-old daughter's birth certificate.

While playing in the Australian Open, tennis star Naomi Osaka needed someone to grab her daughter's birth certificate during L.A. fires.

Naomi Osaka, with LA wildfires on her mind, called her 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win against Caroline Garcia in the Australian Open first round “an acceptable job.”

While Naomi Osaka is busy competing — and winning — at the Australian Open, she needed to send someone to retrieve her baby daughter's birth certificate from their California home in case it got caught up in the wildfires ravaging the greater Los Angeles area.