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Osaka withdraws from tournament in call for justice – Sydney Morning Herald
Naomi Osaka tweeted that as a black woman, she felt compelled to pull out of the lead-up event to the US Open to put a focus on police shooting black people.
I’m exhausted of having a new hashtag pop up every few days and I’m extremely tired of having this same conversation over and over again. When will it ever be enough?
Sloane Stephens retweeted the message and added: Say it louder! Proud of you and in a separate tweet added, #Proud of all the sports teams and athletes taking a stand tonight #BLM”.
After Osaka’s decision, a joint statement was released by the ATP, WTA and US Tennis Association, saying play would pause at the tournament until Sat…
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