Naomi Osaka

Haitian-Japanese US Open champion Naomi Osaka announces her decision to withdraw from the Wuhan Open in China on Sunday because of a viral illness.

Wuhan Open organizers posted the following message on their Twitter page:

Unfortunately @Naomi_Osaka_ has been forced to withdraw from Wuhan with viral illness. Get well soon Naomi!

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Watch this video... After Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open champion, The Japan Times asked people what they think makes a person Japanese. Is it parentage, language, culture or a combination of factors?

After watching the video you will realize that the same prejudices Haitians in Haiti have against Haitians born outside of Haiti in the diaspora, especially when in matters of politics, it is the same problem that Half Japanese men and women are facing in Japan.

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Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka is one match away from winning her second championship within two weeks. Osaka beat Camila Giorgi at the semifinals of the 2018 Pan Pacific Open. She is going to another final.

Osaka will face Karolina Pliskova, a former world No. 1 and currently ranked No. 9 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association, at the Pan Pacific Open Finals.

"My serve got me out of a lot of trouble today," said Osaka according to ESPN. "She was playing really well, and my serve helped me. I was a bit nervous because I really wanted to reach the final."

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Naomi Osaka, the Haitian-Japanase tennis player who beat Serena Williams at the US Open Grand Slam final, is reportedly about to land the biggest deal Adidas has ever given a female athlete... possibly in the $10 million range.

This is the highest deal ever given to a female athlete by the apparel brand.

When you add the $3.8 million she made as prize money for winning the Grand Slam final at the US Open, 20-year-old Osaka will become the No. 2 on the Forbes 2018 list of highest-paid athletes female athletes, right behind her idol Serena Williams.

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Haitian-Japanese Tennis player Naomi Osaka whooped Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo Japan Wednesday. Watch the video...

This was Naomi Osaka's first match since beating Serena Williams at the US Open finals, a match that has the media buzzing.

Naomi Osaka advances to the quarter-finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. Osaka says she didn't really feel any pressure.

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Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka told talk show hose Ellen DeGeneres her celebrity crush is Michael B. Jordan, the villain Erik Killmonger in the movie Black Panther. The actor sent his love to Osaka. Watch the video...

When Ellen asked Naomi Osaka who is your celebrity crush, Naomi responded: "I dont know his name but he was in Black Panther but he was the villain."

"Oh! Michael B. Jordan," Ellen replied. "Do you want me to text him right now? I'm gonna text Michael and I tell him that he should meet you."

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More good news for Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka... After winning her first Grand Slam title against Serena Williams, Osaka has just landed a sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Nissan.

The 20-year-old Haitian-Japanese tennis player is the newest Brand Ambassador for the Nissan Motor Corporation.

Naomi Osaka said growing up her Haitian father used to drive a Nissan, "so being able to be a brand ambassador now, it feels like I've come full circle," Reuters reported.

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You know you're a star when Ellen DeGeneres is trying to hook you up with Black Panther actor Michael B. Jordan... That's what happened to Haitian-Japanese star Naomi Osaka on The Ellen Show. Watch the video...

Naomi Osaka also talked about her recent U.S. Open win and the controversy over her opponent Serena Williams. "you deserved to win," Ellen said to Naomi, "Your level of play was incredible."

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Watch the video... Haitian Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka being interviewed Teen Vogue Magazine's Vera Papisova.

In the interview, Naomi Osaka discussed her incredible Grand Slam victory and competing against the legendary Serena Williams.

She also talked about her special diet while she was training for the US Open championships and a few other things.

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Watch how Naomi Osaka's Haitian family celebrated at the stadium after Naomi won her first Grand Slam title at the 2018 US Open

A family member @HelloMocha posted this on Twitter:

I WISH this had sound but this is how we are from school plays to graduations to the mother effin grand slam! This is Naomi's family at the US open & towards the end her father being congratulated

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