Naomi Osaka trailed Victoria Azarenka by a set and faced a break point that would have put her down 3-0 in the second set of the US Open women’s championship on Saturday.
And then the 22-year-old star rallied … big time.
Osaka stormed back to win the second and third sets to claim her third Grand Slam singles title with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory.
From her performance to her advocacy — Osaka wore a mask with the name of a different Black person who was a victim of racial injustice and police brutality to each of her seven US Open matches — the sports world saluted the phenom.
Inspired by Kobe
Reaction from George Floyd’s family
Members of George Floyd’s family sent a congratulatory message to Naomi Osaka after she won her second US Open title Saturday. Osaka has been speaking out against social injustice and police brutality over the past two weeks of the event.