TIL Desk Sports/ Tennis star Naomi Osaka is a global sports icon. At 23 she is the highest earning female athlete. The world No 3, who has a Japanese mother and Haitian father, is a three-time Grand Slam champion. She was born in Osaka, Japan. The family moved to Long Island, New York, when Naomi was three.
Naomi has an older sister, Mari, who plays professional tennis. Her dad Leonard Francois began training both his girls young. In 2006, the family moved to Florida so Naomi and Mari could focus full time on tennis. In the last few months, Naomi decided to stop being shy, say what she is thinking and use her voice to speak up for social justice.
Naomi, who won her third Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows in September, has used her platform to support the Black Lives Matter movement, wearing a mask bearing the name of a different Black American before each of her seven matches in the US Open.
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