Osaka says she’ll donate Cincinnati prize money to Haiti

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Published August 16, 2021 3:17 PM

By JEFF WALLNER
Associated Press

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Tennis star Naomi Osaka tweeted her decision on Saturday to donate her prize money from this week’s U.S. Open tune-up tournament in Ohio for relief efforts in Haiti following a deadly earthquake. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region on Saturday. Osaka, who is ranked No. 2 in the world, has a Haitian father and Japanese mother. The Western & Southern Open is considered a tune-up for the US Open, which begins Aug. 30 in New York.

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