In sports news, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open Saturday, her third Grand Slam title. During the tournament, Osaka — who has a Japanese mother and a Haitian American father — donned seven masks, each bearing the name of a Black person who was killed: Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Philando Castile and Tamir Rice. This is Naomi Osaka speaking to ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi.
Tom Rinaldi: “What was the message you wanted to send, Naomi?”
Naomi Osaka: “Well, 'What was the message that you got?' was more the question. I feel like the point is to make people start talking.”