World No. 2 Naomi Osaka pledged to donate her winnings from the upcoming Western Southern Open towards earthquake reduction efforts in Haiti.
The ladies’s competitors on the WTA 1000 occasion in Cincinnati begins on Monday. Osaka is the No. 2 seed.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island nation on Saturday, killing at the least 300 individuals.
“Actually hurts to see all of the devastation that is happening in Haiti, and I really feel like we actually cannot catch a break,” she posted Saturday on Twitter. “I am about to play a event this week and I will give all of the prize cash to reduction efforts for Haiti. I do know our ancestors blood is powerful we’ll preserve rising.”
Osaka, 23, was born in Japan to a Haitian father and Japanese mom. The four-time Grand Slam winner is competing for the primary time since shedding within the third spherical on the Tokyo Olympics final month.
–Subject Degree Media