Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she is disappointed that the Olympics in her native Japan were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, but she supports the decision to delay the Summer Games to 2021.
In a posting Saturday on social media, she said she's "been thinking about how to articulate my thoughts on this for a couple of days now."
Osaka wrote: "Sport will eventually unite us again and be there for us always, but that time is not now."
She also addressed "the people of Japan," where she was born, saying, "stay strong, hang in there and let's show the world our beautiful country when the time is right."
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