{"id":31731,"date":"2021-02-07T03:43:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=31731"},"modified":"2021-02-07T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T06:04:08","slug":"osakas-impassioned-tweet-on-eve-of-aus-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=31731","title":{"rendered":"Osaka's impassioned Tweet on eve of Aus Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naomi Osaka has taken a stance against "hate, racism and blame for COVID toward the Asian community" in a powerful message on the eve of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

The Japanese tennis star took Twitter on Sunday afternoon shortly after both women's AO lead-up events had concluded, to call out the "disgusting" sentiments which she said she stumbled across on social media.<\/p>\n

"The amount of hate, racism, and blame for COVID towards the Asian community is disgusting," Osaka said.<\/p>\n

"The fact that this topic is not very widely covered makes me concerned. I only found videos and information because I was scrolling through my IG feed and by some algorithm it appeared."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomiosaka\/status\/1358265205248061443<\/a><\/p>\n

She also added: "And while I'm here – saying "Ching Chong" and "shrimp fried rice" when talking about\/to a Asian person isn't cool. You aren't funny, it's not a joke and you're beyond pathetic."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomiosaka\/status\/1358270109148536833<\/a><\/p>\n

Osaka has found her voice in recent years, leading the way for many of tennis' biggest names in calling out injustices on the world stage.<\/p>\n

At last year's US Open she spearheaded a stirring stance in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the tragic death of George Floyd, where she donned face masks with the names of victims of police brutality.<\/p>\n

Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last year when a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes during an arrest.<\/p>\n

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The names of Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin all featured in Osaka's matches, whose father is Haitian and mother is Japanese.<\/p>\n

Osaka will kick off her Australian Open campaign on Monday morning when she takes on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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