Had Naomi Osaka spent her time during the pandemic filling her social media feeds with videos of pounding tennis balls and pumping weights, nobody would have given it a second thought. Saved from twitter… All six of Osaka's career singles titles have been on hard courts, including her US Open win during the weekend. Amid the debate over the use of masks in the US, Naomi Osaka not only encouraged the usage of masks but also advocated for the Black Lives Matter movement. Naomi Osaka on raising awareness for racial injustice with her masks, Remembering the Original 9, the pioneers of women's tennis, US Open champion Dominic Thiem on his epic comeback, The tennis grand slam that will be like nothing ever seen before, Dominic Thiem on the Adria Tour, US Open and tennis in the age of coronavirus, Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus after Adria Tour event, Time Out: Bianca Andreescu aims to be tennis' GOAT, Time Out: Naomi Osaka draws and tries to come out of her shell, Simona Halep: 2019 Wimbledon champion on lockdown in Romania, Time Out: Andy Murray using lockdown to see his kids grow up. “In the past few months, I’ve re-evaluated what’s actually important in my life,” she wrote. The new meme features two photos with the caption “How it started/ How it‘s going” to reflect a transition. For seven matches, she wore seven different masks with the names of 7 people of colour who were victims of police brutality and died due to racial injustice. She also said that the 'genocide of Black people' made her feel sick. Naomi Osaka shared a winning tweet following her second US Open championship triumph and third Grand Slam title. To see her hilarious post, check out the “Always Checking” video above from Wednesday night’s “NESN After Hours,” presented by People’s United Bank. She previously told reporters she suffered the injury during the Western & Southern Open, which was held a week before the start of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Everybody better get used to it. 1.8m Followers, 78 Following, 187 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from 大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka)

As she arrived at this year’s Open with seven masks to wear, each of them adorned with the name of a different Black American killed by racial profiling and unnecessary police violence, she just so happened to be playing the best tennis of her life.

Adding that she didn't expect anything drastic to happen Naomi Osaka said, "If I can get a conversation started in a majority white sport, I consider that a step in the right direction." I asked myself, ‘If I couldn’t play tennis, what could I be doing to make a difference?’ I decided it was time to speak up. The opening round of the French Open begins September 27, but the French Tennis Federation has limited the number fans able to attend to just 5,000 per day due to the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country. Read | Naomi Osaka Comes Back, Beats Azarenka To Win More Than Just 2nd US Open Title. 24.