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‘Your Black Card Is Revoked’: Naomi Osaka Talks Choosing Japan Over America In Olympics

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Amanda Prestigiacomo
‘Your Black Card Is Revoked’: Naomi Osaka Talks Choosing Japan Over America In Olympics
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Twenty-three-year-old tennis star Naomi Osaka said it was an easy decision for her to choose to represent Japan over America in the upcoming Olympics, noting that she’s received backlash from critics saying her “black card” has been “revoked.”

“I’ve been playing under the Japan flag since I was 14,” the tennis standout said in a new self-titled Netflix docuseries. “It was never even a secret that I’m going to play for Japan for the Olympics.”

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