Naomi Osaka into Western and Southern Open final; Johanna Konta loses to Azarenka
Osaka wore a Black Lives Matter t-shirt as she walked on to court for her semi-final on Friday Naomi Osaka says she realised she would have to “take the first step” in protesting against racial inequality and “create awareness in the tennis bubble”. Tournament organisers then suspended play in New York on Thursday, one of a number of sporting events in the US to do so in protest at the shooting of Jacob Blake – a black man who was shot seven times in the back by police on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 22-year-old then decided to play on Friday, beating...
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