Tag: racism

Federer, Nadal, Djokovic support #BLACKOUTTUESDAY

Blackout Tuesday
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are following with most us the strong protests in the US that followed the murder of George Floyd. The Big3 supported the #BLACKOUTTUESDAY that consists of posting only black squares in support of the black community. Naomi Osaka,...

‘I was confronted with racism since I was a kid.’ – Tsonga reveals his personal struggle

Tsonga about racism
Unfortunately, the already tough topic of the Coronavirus pandemic has bee recently "replaced" by the problems that the US is experiencing after the killing of George Floyd that sparked a huge debate about racism in America and around the world. Tennis players have been extremely...

‘Thank You Frances’ – Serena Williams thanks Tiafoe for his effort against racism

Serena Williams and Fracens Tiafoe
Serena Williams and Frances Tiafoe are both inspirations for the black community. Both managed to come out from a not-so-easy environment to reach stardom. While Serena was helped by his now-legendary father Richard to achieve greatness, Frances picked up the passion for tennis as...

‘Human equality is my religion.’ – Stefanos Tsitsipas and his position vs. racism

Stefanos Tsitsipas
During the last few days, the US has been shocked by the terrible murder of George Floyd and the consequent protests. Many tennis players of every race have expressed their disapproval for racists behaviors. Serena Williams, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, and Felix Auger Aliassime has...

‘Where’s everyone?’ – Naomi Osaka and her strong response to racism

Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka hit the headlines a few days ago for being the highest-paid female athlete in history in a given year. Well, Naomi is much more than that. Osaka has a Japanese mother and a Haitian father and she is quite knowledgeable about racism...

Shocked Anisimova gets vocal against racism in the US

Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Anisimova is among the tennis players that are taking on social media to communicate their displeasure for what has been happing in the US following the murder 46-year-old black man George Floyd. The young American took advantage of her platform to talk against the...

Serena Williams tweets strong Nike’s message against Racism

Serena Williams and Nike
Serena Williams is among the most notable characters of colors in the world. The tennis legend has been inspiring women and the black community in general with her success and actions off court. Serena already posted a touching video of a young girl expressing her...

RACISM. Auger-Aliassime talks about a personal episode

Felix Auger Aliassime
Felix Auger Aliassime is one of the most promising tennis players in the world and he is also an extremely intelligent guy. Felix was raised by his mother Maria that is a French-Canadian and his father Sam that is from Togo. Therefore, as per his...

Naomi Osaka backing the protests supporting the Afro American community in the US

Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff have been extremely vocal (and for a good reason) about supporting the Afro American community in the US following the murder of George Floyd. While Coco sent various messages and posted videos about what she thinks about the all thing,...

Serena Williams shares touching video to express her emotions for the events related to George Floyd’s murder

Serena Williams
Serena Williams is one of the prominent figures in the US. The American sensation is a huge inspiration for the black community with her way to fight and win on and off the court defending her rights. The former world no.1 was strangely silent...

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