Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka are appropriate finalists in a tournament that has carried a strong humanitarian theme
It is six authored face masks and nearly a fortnight since Naomi Osaka, the reluctant conscience of Planet Tennis, uttered this truth at the outset of the US Open: “We’re all sort of in our separate bubbles, doing our own things.”
On the eve of playing Victoria Azarenka in the final on Saturday in a stadium named after an African-American player who spent most of his life and career butting up against prejudice, Osaka can look back on events that have both confirmed and challenged her assertion.
Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/11/osaka-v-azarenka-two-champions-but-us-open-can-have-just-one-winner under the title “Osaka v Azarenka: two champions but US Open can have only one winner | Kevin Mitchell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
