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How Naomi Osaka became the improbable, indispensable voice of our moment – The Guardian

By leveraging her platform to bring attention to victims of racial violence during her US Open title run, the 22-year-old delivered a message as powerful as her game

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When it comes to sporting events that make fashion statements, the US Open gives its players a long runway to rival anything youd find at New York Fashion Week or even nearby LaGuardia International.
This year, though, instead of Serena Williams in a catsuit or yet another acid-dripped experiment from that funhouse Bethanie Mattek-Sands calls a closet, it was 22-year-old Naomi Osaka taking a virtually empty Arthur Ashe stadium in facemasks bearing the names of Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery and …

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