{"id":63622,"date":"2020-09-10T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/naomi-osaka-is-everything-thats-right-about-sports\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T03:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T00:47:00","slug":"naomi-osaka-is-everything-thats-right-about-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/naomi-osaka-is-everything-thats-right-about-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"#Naomi Osaka is everything that\u2019s right about sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Naomi Osaka is everything that\u2019s right about sports<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Tuesday night on ESPN\u2019s makeshift set by the fountain at the U.S. Tennis Center, Naomi Osaka became glassy-eyed. It was an hour after stepping off the court following a quarterfinal breeze over Shelby Rogers, after which Osaka wore a mask honoring Trayvon Martin.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s worn a mask before and after each of her Open matches to honor a victim of social<\/a> injustice. ESPN showed a video of Martin\u2019s mother and Ahmaud Arbery\u2019s father, each thanking her for the support.<\/p>\n

Osaka paused and choked up. If anyone is confused on why prominent athletes are taking this social justice stand, this was why.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m a vessel at this point in order to spread awareness,\u2019\u2019 Osaka said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to dull the pain, but hopefully I can help with anything that they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osaka, who will play in the U.S. Open semifinals Thursday night against Jen Brady, is everything good about sport. The \u201cN\u2019\u2019 in Naomi should stand for nice \u2014 on the court and off.<\/p>\n

Osaka, whose mother is Japanese and father is Haitian, has been called quirky, but she\u2019s acted in Flushing like she\u2019s 22 going on 32 \u2014 mature beyond her years.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see her apologize to opponents after one of her errant ball tosses forces her to redo a serve. She\u2019s always complimenting a player\u2019s big shot with a clap of her racket.<\/p>\n

On these grounds, Osaka consoled a crying Coco Gauff after routing her last year in the third round.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s authentic,\u2019\u2019 one WTA insider said. \u201cNothing fake about her.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

When she was asked about her entourage, she said, \u201cMy immediate reaction whenever I do bad is to feel sad for everyone because they travel<\/a> with me and stuff, too.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Osaka and Serena Williams are on a collision course for the Open finals in a rematch of their historic-for-all-the-wrong-reasons 2018 finals battle.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a beautiful contrast of styles. Williams is a pioneer, a legend, with a fiery will and the best women\u2019s player of all-time because of a lethal serve. But you wouldn\u2019t exactly call her \u201cnice.\u2019\u2019 She\u2019s so intense and wants to win so badly, sometimes she\u2019s not the best sport. She screams after winning points, after losing points and obviously has had her controversial umpire flare-ups at the Open. She\u2019s not so dissimilar to Jimmy Connors, and that\u2019s why she has so many diehard fans.<\/p>\n

The 2018 Open finals incident with Williams and umpire Carlos Ramos might have been over the top, and it actually seems to have changed Serena into gentler soul at age 38. Osaka has just seemed that way from the cradle.<\/p>\n

The sport will need Osaka to be its face soon as Williams, who turns 39 this month, is not going to compete forever.<\/p>\n

Osaka, who was willing to forfeit her semifinals match in the Western & Southern Open two weeks ago to support the Milwaukee Bucks as they pressed for justice in the Kenosha, Wis., shooting of Jacob Blake, was asked Tuesday what kind of world she\u2019d like to see us in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of world?\u2019\u2019 Osaka said. \u201cEveryone just says \u2018peace\u2019 all the time. I\u2019m not sure what the world would look like if everything was peaceful, but I would hope that people help each other in times of great need.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Osaka had a complicated, humble upbringing and saw prejudice in her native Japan. It was frowned upon when her mother married a Haitian man. To make it easier for Naomi, she kept her mother\u2019s Japanese name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing is I don\u2019t want people younger than me to suffer through the things I have to suffer through,\u2019\u2019 Osaka said. \u201c If any younger player reaches out to me and has questions, for sure I\u2019ll answer them. I\u2019ll try to help them out because I know how tough it is to be in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osaka moved with her family to Long Island when she was 3. Then onto Florida at 9. Under Japan\u2019s Nationality Act, anyone with dual citizenship must choose one or the other before they turn 22. Osaka chose Japan and will play the 2021 Olympics representing the Land of the Rising Sun.<\/p>\n

Our loss.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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