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Naomi Osaka, the world\u2019s highest-paid female athlete, has chosen to drop out of Thursday\u2019s Western & Southern Open in New York in protest of the “continued genocide of Black people,” according to CNN<\/a>. She said there are \u201cmore important\u201d matters today than watching her compete, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I don’t expect anything drastic to happen with me not playing, but if I can get a conversation started in a majority white sport I consider that a step in the right direction,\u201d Osaka said in a tweet. “Watching the continued genocide of Black people at the hand of the police is honestly making me sick to my stomach. 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?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Osaka ended with the hashtags, Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and George Floyd. Osaka, who lives in Los Angeles, also joined protesters in Minneapolis in the days following the killing of George Floyd.<\/p>\n

After her tweet, U.S. Open officials announced there would be no matches on Thursday, but they are expected to resume on Friday. Osaka\u2019s announcement came after the Wednesday postponement of NBA, MLB, MLS, and WNBA games following Sunday\u2019s police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He is now paralyzed from the waist down. There have also been widespread protests as a result of the shooting. Billie Jean King said Osaka’s move is “brave and impactful.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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