Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on Wednesday, which organizers later announced would be paused for one day, after a wave of protests in other sports over the police shooting of Jacob Blake and other Black men and women.⁠ ⁠ The two-time Grand Slam winner was slated to play in the semifinals in New York City on Thursday against Belgium’s Elise Mertens. Following the lead of players in the NBA, WNBA and on some Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer teams, Osaka said she would not play as a protest against the continued police violence against Black people. The WTA later announced that the tournament would be paused on Thursday to recognize the moment.⁠ ⁠ “Before I am an athlete, I am a black woman,” Osaka wrote in a statement posted on social media in both English and Japanese. “And as a black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention, rather than watching me play tennis.”⁠ ⁠ Osaka, who is ranked No. 10 in the world in the Women’s Tennis Association, said that, although she didn’t expect drastic results from her decision not to play, if she could kickstart a conversation in a largely white sport, she would consider that a “step in the right direction.”⁠ ⁠ “Watching the continued genocide of Black people at the hand of police is honestly making me sick to my stomach,” she wrote. “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?”⁠ ⁠ Read more at our link in bio. // 📝 @josieharvey // 📷 Getty Images」8月28日 3時01分