{"id":63395,"date":"2020-09-09T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/espn-analyst-under-fire-for-strange-naomi-osaka-mask-interview-at-us-open\/"},"modified":"2020-09-09T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T19:20:00","slug":"espn-analyst-under-fire-for-strange-naomi-osaka-mask-interview-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/espn-analyst-under-fire-for-strange-naomi-osaka-mask-interview-at-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"#ESPN analyst under fire for strange Naomi Osaka mask interview at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#ESPN analyst under fire for strange Naomi Osaka mask interview at US Open<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 9, 2020 |<\/span> 3:20pm |<\/span> Updated September 9, 2020 | 3:56pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n An ESPN analyst is facing backlash for a bizarre interview with Naomi Osaka following her victory in the 2020 US Open women\u2019s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

The tournament\u2019s No. 4-seed had just defeated unseeded American Shelby Rodgers 6-3, 6-4, and was answering questions from former Australian tennis great Rennae Stubbs while wearing a black mask with George Floyd\u2019s name on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to guess what name is going to be on the mask every single day. I was wrong about today,\u201d 49-year-old Stubbs asked on ESPN\u2019s broadcast of the tournament on Tuesday. \u201cAre you going to give us a foretelling of who\u2019s going to be in the next match?\u201d<\/p>\n

Some considered Stubbs\u2019 line of questioning strange and that her tone felt uncomfortably misplaced given the gravity of police brutality, which isn\u2019t just a fashion statement for Osaka. Police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested for the killing of Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota after video surfaced of him kneeling on Floyd\u2019s neck during an arrest in May. His death was a catalyst for months-long protests across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, honestly I surprise myself sometimes. I think I\u2019m going to choose this but, no,\u201d the 22-year-old Japanese tennis star said. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s just \u2014 I don\u2019t know \u2014 it\u2019s whatever I feel. I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s like a feeling I have inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former Australian tennis player and ESPN analyst Rennae Stubbs interviews Japan\u2019s Naomi Osaka after the 2020 US Open quarterfinals about her George Floyd mask.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Osaka initially pulled out of her semifinal match in the Western & Southern Open as the rest of the sports world shut down following a video of the police shooting Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Tournament organizers scrambled to cancel the entire day of play and convinced Osaka, who was in the semifinals, to play out the event.<\/p>\n

Osaka has already adorned the names Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin on her masks while entering and exiting the court, all of whom were either killed by police or victims of racially-motivated crimes. She has seven masks in total that she plans to wear for each round of the tournament to raise awareness for social<\/a> justice issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, well we can\u2019t wait for that feeling and for that next mask!\u201d Stubbs replied.<\/p>\n

The Aussie was promptly met with outrage on social media over her callous, \u201cguess what name\u201d comment, with some calling her actions \u201cinsensitive,\u201d and \u201capp<\/a>alling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stubbs defended the interview and stated that she \u201cmeant well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course i meant well, the parents of these victims are so thankful that Naomi is doing this,\u201d she wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. \u201cWe even have them on video talking about it. I think the victims would love to know we are NOT FORGETTING THIER NAMES! I would never disparage them! If u know me u [sic] would know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the match, Osaka \u2014 who is of Haitian and Japanese descent \u2014 spoke of the significance of her statement and how emotional the process has been for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, I was just trying really hard not to cry,\u201d she said during the post-match press conference. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s a bit surreal and it\u2019s extremely touching that they would feel touched by what I\u2019m doing. I feel like what I\u2019m doing is nothing. It\u2019s a speck of what I could be doing. So it was really emotional. I feel like after I saw it, at first I was a bit in shock, but now that I\u2019m here and I took some time, I\u2019m really grateful and really humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osaka previously won the US Open title in 2018 and hopes to earn her third Grand Slam Championship at this event. She is set to face off against No. 28-seed Jennifer Brady from the United States on Thursday in the women\u2019s semifinals.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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