Saturday in the final of the Masters 1000 WTA in Miami, at Hard Rock Stadium, the 24-year-old Japanese Naomi Osaka (77th WTA), proud of her Haitian origins https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26055-haiti-tennis-the-haitian-japanese-star-naomi-osaka-visiting-haiti.html , after a flawless run, was dominated in the second set by the world #2 Polish Iga Świątek (20 years old) and conceded victory [4-6, 0-6] after 52 minutes of play.

The hoped-for duel between the world #2 and the former #1 could not take place, except only during the first four plays of the first set

A defeat which did not make Naomi lose her newfound smile who declared after the match "This trophy is for all the people who support me, for all my supporters [...] I know that I have not reached this level for a while and I know that today's result is not what you expected. But I have fun on the court."

Note in passing that Naomi received nearly 650,000 US dollars for her participation in the final and her opponent Iga Świątek a little over 1.2 million US dollars for her victory

Learn more about Naomi Osaka :

Born in Japan on October 16, 1997 in Chūō-ku (Osaka), to a Haitian father and a Japanese mother, her family emigrated to the United States when she was 3 years old. His father from Jacmel introduced him to tennis and registered him with the Japanese Tennis Association. She became a professional player in September 2013. She gave up her American nationality to keep that of Japan https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29001-icihaiti-tennis-naomi-osaka-abandons-her-american-nationality.html< /I>

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36319-haiti-wta-miami-masters-naomi-osaka-qualified-for-the-final-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36306-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36298-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36258-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33664-haiti-sports-naomi-osaka-will-open-a-tennis-academy-in-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-33214-icihaiti-culture-2nd-edition-of-street-art-for-women-dedicated-to-naomi-osaka.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-32653-icihaiti-tennis-activist-champion-naomi-osaka-woman-athlete-of-the-year-2020.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31862-haiti-tennis-3rd-visit-to-the-country-of-the-japanese-naomi-osaka-of-haitian-origin.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26055-haiti-tennis-the-haitian-japanese-star-naomi-osaka-visiting-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22548-icihaiti-flash-a-haitian-japanese-world-star-of-tennis-visiting-haiti.html

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