Naomi Osaka is currently playing the US Open, where she is about to face off Camila Giorgi in the 2nd round. However, the Japanese sensation is playing another important match also off the court. Naomi has been extremely active alongside her boyfriend YBN Cordae in defending the rights of the people of color against the widespread racism in the US and beyond.
Using her vast platform, the world no.9 is a staunch supporter of the so-called #blacklivesmatter. In the first round of the US Open, Osaka took the court with a facemask with the name of Breonna Taylor.
Why Breonna Taylor?
Naomi Osaka explained that she wants to make people curious about that name and its sad story to say:
 “I’m aware that tennis is watched all over the world, and maybe there is someone that doesn’t know Breonna Taylor’s story.
Maybe they’ll Google it or something. For me, it’s just spreading awareness. I feel like the more people know the story, then the more interesting or interested they’ll become in it.”
Then Naomi revealed that she prepared 7 face masks hoping to reach the final. That would be 1 mask per match.
Osaka will face Camila Giorgi in the 2nd round of the US Open. They played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka. When they played, Naomi Osaka won 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Tokyo (Toray Pan Pacific Open) in September 2018.
Osaka at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked world no.9, Osaka has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020. The Japanese is currently playing at the U.S. Open where she beat Misaki Doi 6-2 5-7 6-2.
The Japanese reached the final in New York.
Osaka won 5 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Giorgi at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked world no.74, Camila has a 16-9 win-loss record in 2020. Camila is playing at the moment at the U.S. Open where she ousted Alison Van Uytvanck 2-6 6-1 7-5.
