Naomi Osaka has pledged to donate her earnings from subsequent week’s Western & Southern Open to help earthquake aid efforts in Haiti, the Caribbean nation her father hails from.
The four-time Grand Slam champion introduced her pledge in response to the 7.2-magnitude quake that struck the impoverished nation on Saturday, killing not less than 304 folks and injuring lots of.
“Really hurts to see all the devastation that’s going on in Haiti, and I feel like we really can’t catch a break,” Osaka stated on Twitter.
“I’m about to play a tournament this week and I’ll give all the prize money to relief efforts for Haiti. I know our ancestors blood is strong we’ll keep rising.”
World quantity two Osaka, whose mom is Japanese and who performs below the Japanese flag, has used her platform to name consideration to the causes she cares about.
She wore masks eventually 12 months’s U.S. Open with the names of victims of police violence on them.
Osaka is seeded second on the event in Cincinnati, which runs from Aug. 14 to Aug. 22.
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Naomi Osaka to donate prize cash to Haitian earthquake aid efforts
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Naomi Osaka to skip Wimbledon however compete at Tokyo Olympics
Naomi Osaka’s agent says the four-time Grand Slam champion will sit out Wimbledon and compete on the Tokyo Olympics.
Stuart Duguid wrote Thursday in an electronic mail that Osaka “is taking some personal time with friends and family. She will be ready for the Olympics and is excited to play in front of her home fans.”
Osaka, a 23-year-old who was born in Japan, withdrew from the French Open after the primary spherical, saying she wanted a psychological well being break. -
Homebody Osaka hopes schedule tweaks convey extra Grand Slams
Naomi Osaka dislikes lengthy and busy stretches away from the comforts of house and so will plan the European portion of her schedule accordingly within the hope of enhancing her title hopes on the French Open and Wimbledon.
Osaka, competing this week on the Miami Open close to the place she grew up, mentioned that whereas she chases success relentlessly she remains to be making an attempt to form her enjoying schedule to present herself the perfect likelihood of success.
“I’m not really sure what a normal schedule is but I’ve never thought of myself to be the type of player that would play week in and week out,” mentioned Osaka. “I personally get homesick quite often and it makes me kind of sad sometimes.”
Japan’s four-time Grand Slam champion collected her second U.S. Open title final September and adopted that up with a second triumph on the Australian Open in February.Despite her success in these occasions, the 23-year-old Osaka has by no means superior previous the third spherical at Roland Garros or the All England Club.
“I’d love to just travel somewhere and just really focus on that tournament; for me that is something that I’ve learned works for me,” mentioned Osaka.
“Hopefully it will work for me this time in Europe because my results there haven’t been that great, but I feel like every year I am on tour I learn more about myself and what type of schedule I like to play.”
Osaka is the second seed in Miami and has a bye into the second spherical of the two-week match the place she has an opportunity to unseat defending champion Ash Barty as world primary.