Osaka, Gauff, Andreescu, Barty honor medical workers for ‘The Real Heroes Project’

Naomi Osaka, Cori Gauff, Bianca Andreescu, and Ashleigh Barty are always ready to help. The tennis stars joined ‘The Real Heroes Project’ alongside athletes from ATP, MLB, MLS, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, NHL, NWSL, USGA, WNBA, and WWE.

Athletes are dedicating their jersey and uniforms to a special healthcare hero that helped to fight the Coronavirus fight.

Nice gesture!

From the @WTA: Champion of the 2018 U.S. Open followed by 2019 Australian Open, @naomiosaka from Japan | #TheRealHeroes pic.twitter.com/EsfHJuxF1l

— ADWEEK (@Adweek) May 4, 2020

WTA unites with sports leagues to honor medical workers for #TheRealHeroes Project.

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— wta (@WTA) May 4, 2020

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Join us this Wednesday, National Nurses Day, to thank all the frontline healthcare heroes.

Join @mikecbryan and @Bryanbros – make a "jersey" in their honor. Tag yours using #TheRealHeroes pic.twitter.com/Q3H8x0s0gM

— ATP Tour (@atptour) May 4, 2020

Naomi Osaka’s ranking and performance in 2020

Now the world no.10, Naomi played her last match on the 7^th of February when she was defeated by Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0 6-3 in the Rubber 1 of the Fed Cup.

Naomi Osaka’s best performance of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Brisbane.

Cori Gauff’s ranking and performance in 2020

Currently the world no.52, the American played her last match on the 26^th of January when she was defeated by Sofia Kenin 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-0 in the 4^th round of the Australian Open.

Naomi Osaka and Cori Gauff played each other twice. The head to head is 1-1. The last time that they squared off, Cori Gauff won 6-3 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 24^th of January 2020.

In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu’s ranking and performance in 2020

At the moment ranked no.6, Andreescu played her last match on the 30^th of October 2019 when she had to retire when playing against Karolina Pliskova in the round robin and the scoreline was 6-3 .

Ashleigh Barty’s ranking and performance in 2020

Now the world no.1, the Australian played her last match on the 28^th of February when she was defeated by Petra Kvitova 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Doha.

Presently, this year Barty has a 11-3 win-loss record. Barty has won 1 title in Adelaide.

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Ashleigh Barty have never played each other.