Naomi Osaka turns around to participate in a boycott announcement tournament on August 28 at 3:31
Naomi Osaka's tennis player announced that he would boycott a tour tournament that was in protest against a black man being shot by a police officer in Wisconsin, U.S.A. I was able to participate in.
Osaka participated in one of the four major tournaments, a tournament held in New York as an outpost of the US Open, but in a state of Wisconsin a black man was shot by a police officer from behind. He declared that he would abstain from the semifinals by boycotting the competition that had been winning as a protest.
In response to this, the tournament itself was scheduled to restart from 28th with all the matches scheduled for 27th in order to protest against racism and social inequity.
According to the organizers of the tournament, WTA = Women's Tennis Association and others have requested Osaka players to participate again, and as a result, Osaka players "can communicate a stronger protest intention" by withdrawing the boycott and participating. As a result, I decided to participate in the semi-final on the 28th.
Osaka's semi-final opponent is Belgium's Elise Mertens, who is ranked 22nd in the world.
US Open Osaka competes against Doi, the 78th place in the world in the first round
The US Open combination was announced in New York on the 27th, and Osaka, who ranked 10th in the world in women's singles, will face Doi, who ranked 78th in the world in the first round.
In the past, the match record was 1-0 for Osaka.
In the men's singles, Yoshihito Nishioka, who was ranked 48th in the world in the first round, will compete with Andy Murray, a former world champion who returned to the tournament from hip surgery last year.
On the other hand, Kei Nishikori, who had a positive test for the new coronavirus last week, announced that he was absent, saying that the test this week was negative, but he could not practice enough.