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Osaka upset but supports Olympic delay to next year

Japan’s Naomi Osaka after winning a point against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. [File]

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, the poster girl of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, took to social media on Saturday to show her support for the decision to postpone the Games until next year

Osaka, who won the US Open in 2018 and the Australian Open in 2019, was the central character in the video to launch Tokyo 2020’s official motto for the Games, launched last month.

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